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Elon Musk meets Tim Cook, says Apple never considered removing Twitter from the App Store


Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted that the misunderstanding that Twitter was likely to be removed from Apple’s App Store was resolved following his meeting with the iPhone maker’s CEO, Tim Cook.

Heart it was clear that Apple never considered doing so,” the billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said in a tweet.

On Monday, Musk was accused Apple threatened to block Twitter from its app store without specifying why in a series of tweets that also said it had stopped advertising on the social networking platform.

He then tagged Cook’s Twitter account in another tweet, asking “what’s going on here?”

The world’s most valuable company spent about $131,600 (about Rs 1,0742,900) on Twitter ads between November 10 and November 16, down from $220,800 (about $1.80) .23,385 Rupees) between October 16 and October 22, a week before Musk closed the deal with Twitter, according to advertising measurement firm Pathmatics.

In the first quarter of 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48 million (about Rs. 390 crore) and accounting for more than 4% of total revenue for the period, the Washington Post reported, citing an internal Twitter document.

Twitter and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Musk’s latest tweet. Apple has not publicly responded to Musk’s earlier tweets.

Among the list of complaints Musk tweeted on Monday was the up to 30% fee Apple charges software developers for in-app purchases, with Musk posting a meme showing he’s willing to willing to “wage” with Apple rather than pay a commission.

The self-described free-speech absolutist, whose company over the past few days has restored several Twitter accounts, including that of former US President Donald Trump , has blamed activist groups for pressuring advertisers.

Ben Bajarin, head of consumer technology at research firm Creative Strategies, previously stated that Musk may have read too much about a common process by which Apple goes through in-app reviews.

“App review from Apple isn’t perfect in any way and is a frustrating process for developers, but from what I’ve heard it’s a two-way conversation,” he said. .

“Tim is clear that Apple never considered doing so,” the billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said in a tweet.

In Monday, musk accused Apple of threatening to block Twitter from its app store without specifying why in a series of tweets that also said it had stopped advertising on the social networking platform.

He then tagged Cook’s Twitter account in another tweet, asking “what’s going on here?”

Twitter and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Musk’s latest tweet. Apple has not publicly responded to Musk’s earlier tweets.

Among the list of complaints Musk tweeted on Monday was the up to 30% fee Apple charges software developers for in-app purchases, with Musk posting a meme showing he’s willing to willing to “wage” with Apple rather than pay a commission.

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