Elon Musk says Twitter not at risk of removal from iPhone App Store, following meeting with Tim Cook
Elon Musk says Twitter not at risk of mining from iPhone App Store, following meeting with Tim Cook
Today, Elon Musk met Tim Cook at Apple’s campus. Earlier in the week, he had claimed that Apple was threatening to select Twitter from the iPhone App Store, citing Apple’s so-called censorship. He also voiced concerns about Apple’s ‘secret’ 30% tax.
Post meetings, he is now tweeting a very different tune. Musk labelled it as a “good conversation” and said Cook made it sure that it was not the case that Apple was considering removing Twitter.
While Musk may have come out swinging just a few days ago, it seems like he is calmed down considerably. In the intervening days, Musk has deleted at least one of the tweets memeing the App Store’s 30% cut. He also complimented Apple’s headquarters as “beautiful”.
Despite bemoaning the App Store’s enforced 30% commission on in-app select, Musk launched its $8/mo Twitter Blue subscription service exclusively on iOS throughout a month ago. The ability to buy a verified blue tick was mercurial abused with nefarious and comedic impersonations of public figures, and the program has been on pause since. It was originally scheduled to be relaunched yesterday. That date has since passed and the launch has in contradiction of been pushed back.
Whatever Musk says about Twitter’s conception on the App Store, Apple has previously taken share against social media apps that do not enforce disagreeable moderation.
Musk has said he plans to sever the amount of content moderation on the platform significantly, having already reinstated accounts of controversial figures, such as broken-down president Donald Trump. Also this week, Twitter stopped enforcing its Covid misinformation policy.
Presumably, in the talks, Musk promised Cook that an acceptable degree of moderation would remained in place on the service. For instance, Musk has previously tweeted that incitements of violence will serene lead to account suspensions.
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