Twitter owner Elon Musk said he met with Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday and “resolved a misunderstanding” that led him to declare war on the iPhone maker’s App Store.
Twitter owner Elon Musk said he met with Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday and “resolved a misunderstanding” that led him to declare war on the iPhone maker’s App Store.
“Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding that Twitter was likely to be removed from App Store“, Musk wrote on Twitter.
“Tim is clear that Apple never considered doing so.”
Musk also tweeted a video clip of “Apple’s beautiful headquarters” in Cupertino, California, noting that he had an “interesting conversation” with Cook.
Apple did not respond to AFP’s requests for comment.
The world’s richest man criticized the most valuable company on the planet earlier this week over fees and rules at the App Store, saying Apple had threatened to oust the company he just acquired. social media communication.
Billionaire CEO tweeted that Apple “threatened to keep Twitter off its App Store, but won’t say .” we why.”
Apple, which has not made a public statement on the matter, typically notifies developers if it needs to implement fixes in apps to comply with App Store policies.
Analysts told AFP that the conflict could be rooted in money, with Musk annoyed that the App Store takes commissions on transactions like subscriptions.
Musk has delayed the relaunch of the Twitter Blue subscription tier that is intended to require users to pay for perks, such as account verification check marks.
Twitter rolled out Blue in early November, but pulled the plug after imposters paid to tick what appeared to be legitimate in what former safety and security chief Yoel Roth called “a disaster.” “.
Both Apple and Google also require social networking services on their app stores to have effective systems in place to moderate harmful or abusive content.
But since taking over Twitter last month, Musk has cut about half of Twitter’s workforce, including many employees tasked with fighting misinformation, while several others have quit. .
He has also reinstated previously banned accounts, including that of former president Donald Trump.
Describing himself as a “freedom autocrat”, Musk believes that all content allowed by law should be allowed on Twitter and has described his actions as “revolutionary”. network against online censorship in the US”.
