After having “Declared war”. Blaming Apple and the apple brand for all evils, Elon Musk assured on Wednesday, November 30 that “misunderstanding” has been resolved. Twitter’s new owner thanked Apple chief Tim Cook for showing him “Very nice seat” group in Silicon Valley. “Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved a misunderstanding about the possibility of removing Twitter from the App Store. The team made it clear that Apple never intended to do this.”summed up Elon Musk in another tweet.
On Monday, the tempestuous entrepreneur claimed that Apple “threatened” remove Twitter from its App Store and “abandoned” from “tell me why”After a series of bellicose tweets accusing the iPhone maker of “censorship” and abusing its dominant market position. The billionaire’s outburst came as the relaunch of his flagship project Blue Verified, scheduled for Friday, was delayed, according to a news outlet. The Platformer:.
Blue Verified, Twitter’s new eight-dollar-a-month subscription, combines the existing paid formula (to take advantage of practical benefits) and account authentication, so far free and reserved for individuals and organizations. Its initial launch on Nov. 9 led to a flurry of fake accounts impersonating athletes, businesses, and Elon Musk himself, among others. He was suspended after two days.
Elon Musk “just needs money”
But even if it’s done well, 30% of the money will actually go to Apple and Google, which control the two major mobile operating systems, iOS and Android. All mobile apps that want to be present on smartphones must respect the two American companies’ very similar rules, from content moderation to paying a 15% to 30% commission on all user spending. On iPhones, the Apple App Store is essential.
Elon Musk blamed Tim Cook’s group “covertly suppress freedom of speech”. and apply a “30% secret tax”. But he “Obviously there is a need for money” and she “Afraid because he doesn’t want to pay Apple.”, says independent analyst Rob Enderle. The entrepreneur is not the first to come up against it “Apple Tax”as many of his critics call it.
Thus, the head of Spotify took to Twitter on Wednesday to again blame Apple. “trading all benefits to the detriment of innovation and consumers”.
Source: Le Figaro
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