Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from its 'AppStore'

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Has Elon Musk decided to go to war against the giant Apple? This is what the billionaire's publications on his social network Twitter, shared with his 119 million subscribers on Monday, suggest.

This is also what the specialized media The Verge was asked in an article published early Monday afternoon.

Elon Musk claimed that Apple threatened to remove Twitter from its app store Monday morning. The reasons would be unknown.

Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

Musk's post followed one that claimed Apple had ceased nearly all advertising activity on the platform. 

Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

He also published a poll to force Apple to publicize all censorship actions taken that would have affected its customers.

Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers

&mdash ; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

Musk did not stop there. He then criticized Apple's alleged lack of respect for free speech in a string of tweets, where an alleged 30% secret tax on everything purchased from Apple's app store, limiting thus the growth potential of the applications therein.

Sideboard of Elon Musk against the tax of the application store of Apple.

It all comes as a simmering conflict blankets between the world's richest man and corporation. A few days ago, the boss of Apple's “AppStore”, Phil Schiller, deleted his Twitter account.

< p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow… Phil Schiller deactivated his Twitter account. Phil is responsible for the Apple App Store and Apple Events. If Apple pulls Twitter from the App Store, Twitter is done. pic.twitter.com/CaHtXWWpCG

— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) November 21, 2022

Finally, on November 15, in an interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that “they (Twitter and Musk ) say they will continue to moderate. I count on them to continue to do so.” Musk has, however, carried out a massive restoration of a large number of suspended accounts.

Twitter has long had a latent dispute with Apple over moderation, while the application continues to allow content for example for adults, unlike Tumblr, which has significantly changed the rules concerning adults in recent years.