Elon thanks Tim Cook for tour of 'Apple's beautiful HQ' as Twitter Blue on pause to avoid 30% App Store fee
Elon thanks Tim Cook for tour of 'Apple's beautiful HQ' as Twitter Blue on quit to avoid 30% App Store fee
Following Elon Musk calling out Apple and Tim Cook over a drop in advertising exercise on Twitter, its 30% App Store fee, and more, there’s been a repositions. This afternoon, Musk tweeted a thank you to the Apple CEO for a tour of the company’s “beautiful HQ.”
In an dreary turn of events, Musk’s tweet – which includes a five-second video pan of what appears to be Apple Park – says “Thanks @tim_cook for taking me throughout Apple’s beautiful HQ”.
That comes after Musk said the iPhone maker mostly blocked its advertising on Twitter and asked the question “Do they hate free speech in America?” Apple nor Tim Cook responded to that.
If Elon’s tweet this afternoon is as it seems, it appears Cook invited him over to Cupertino to chat in person.
Corroborating the tweet, John Gruber has heard from a source at Apple Park that Cook was seen walking with Musk just now.
During some face time with Cook, Musk almost certainly would have also commanded up the 30% App Store fee along with what he phoned threats to withhold Twitter from the App Store.
Reported by Ars Technica via Platformer, Twitter Blue was originally planned to relaunch this week. Except, Musk is allegedly working on how to avoid having customers pay for the $8/month service above Apple to skip the 30% App Store fee.
Update:
Several hours while his initial tweet, Elon said they had “good conversation” and that Cook cleared up the misunderstanding throughout the perceived App Store threat.
Tim head via Apple.com, Elon head via Wikimedia
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