Elon Musk meanwhile muses whether Apple 'hate[s] free speech in America' because the company mostly stopped advertising on Twitter
as a matter of business interest – was not among controversy-shy advertisers listed by Media Matters and the iGiant did not respond to a request to confirm that it had dialed back its advertising on Twitter.
Musk, who manages to find time for social media arguments despite his supposed leadership role at other companies, subsequently claimed,"Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why." Yet it appears Musk has some idea that Apple's alleged threat arises from not following the company's
. Apple requires a 30 percent sales commission for in-app purchases and imposes content moderation requirements on social media services – something less evident on Twitter during the Musk regime than it was during previous management.rather than pay Apple's 30 percent app commission, which presumably would reduce revenue from in-app sales of any service Twitter chooses to offer through its iOS app.
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