Twitter has resolved dispute with Apple: Elon Musk
Twitter owner Elon Musk says he and Apple CEO Tim Cook have resolved their dispute following reports that the technology manufacturing company was considering removing the microblogging platform from its App Store.
Mr Musk had earlier this week launched a Twitter tirade against Apple, accusing the tech giants of “censorship” and trying to remove its platform from the App Store while claiming Apple stopped advertising on the microblogging site.
“Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?” the South African-born businessman said in one of his tweets.
The billionaire also criticised Apple’s policies of charges on transactions made on its App Store, saying that he intended to “go to war” with the phone manufacturer.
But on Wednesday, Mr Musk said in a tweet that he had met with Mr Cook at Apple headquarters and revealed that they had “resolved the misunderstanding.”
The Twitter CEO added that Apple was not planning to kick Twitter off its store.
“Good conversation. Among other things, we resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so,” Musk’s tweet said.
Mr Musk had mooted the idea that he could “make an alternative phone” to rival Apple’s iPhone if the phone-manufacturing company proceeds to remove Twitter from its App Store.
Since the $44 billion takeover in October, Mr Musk has been in the spotlight for the restructuring Twitter is undergoing, including the $8 subscription package for the Twitter verification badge and the decision to restore most of the Twitter accounts that were banned under former ownership for violating company policies after a public poll that recorded over three million voters.
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