{"id":517598,"date":"2022-11-29T02:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T23:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T02:51:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T23:51:29","slug":"apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e14f3e3ad\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e14f3e3ad\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store\/#%E2%80%9CApple_threatened_to_yank_Twitter_from_App_Store%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-threatened-to-yank-twitter-from-app-store\/#%E2%80%98Go_to_war\" >\u2018Go to war\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CApple_threatened_to_yank_Twitter_from_App_Store%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Elon\u00a0Musk\u00a0accused\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u00a0of threatening to block Twitter from its app store without saying why in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tweets on Monday that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla said\u00a0Apple\u00a0was pressuring Twitter over content moderation demands.<\/p>\n<p>The action, unconfirmed by\u00a0Apple, would not be unusual as the company has routinely enforced its rules and previously removed apps such as Gab and Parler.<\/p>\n<p>Parler, which is popular with conservatives, was restored by\u00a0Apple\u00a0in 2021 after the app updated its content and moderation practices, the companies said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple\u00a0has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?,\u201d\u00a0Musk, who took Twitter private for $44 billion last month, said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597285572699074560\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He later tagged\u00a0Apple\u00a0Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook\u2019s Twitter account in another\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GSDR2z\">tweet<\/a>, asking \u201cwhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-cook-107.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Apple CEO Tim Cook \" class=\"wp-image-24819662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-cook-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-cook-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-cook-107.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tim Cook\u2019s Apple has routinely enforced its rules and previously removed apps such as Gab and Parler.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apple\u00a0did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t clear to me how far up the\u00a0Apple\u00a0food chain that idea went internally and without knowing that, it isn\u2019t clear how seriously to take any of this,\u201d said Randal Picker, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The world\u2019s most valuable firm spent an estimated $131,600 on Twitter ads between Nov. 10 and Nov. 16, down from $220,800 between Oct. 16 and Oct. 22, the week before\u00a0Musk\u00a0closed the Twitter deal, according to ad measurement firm Pathmatics.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter of 2022,\u00a0Apple\u00a0was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48 million and accounting for more than 4% of total revenue for the period, the Washington Post\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3inarQd\">reported<\/a>, citing an internal Twitter document.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Go_to_war\"><\/span>\u2018Go to war\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Among the list of grievances tweeted by\u00a0Musk\u00a0was the up to 30% fee\u00a0Apple\u00a0charges software developers for in-app purchases, with\u00a0Musk\u00a0posting a meme suggesting he was willing to \u201cgo to war\u201d with\u00a0Apple\u00a0rather than paying the commission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>The fee has drawn criticism and lawsuits from companies such as Epic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s, the maker of \u2018Fortnite\u2019, while attracting the scrutiny of regulators globally.<\/p>\n<p>The commission could weigh on\u00a0Musk\u2019s attempts to boost subscription revenue at Twitter, in part to make up for the exodus of advertisers over content moderation concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Companies from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Mills\u00a0to luxury automaker Audi of America have stopped or paused advertising on Twitter since the acquisition, and\u00a0Musk\u00a0said\u00a0earlier this month that the company had seen a \u201cmassive\u201d drop in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Ad sales account for about 90% of Twitter\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The self-described free speech absolutist, whose company has in the past few days reinstated several Twitter accounts including that of former President Donald Trump, has blamed activist groups for pressuring advertisers.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Bajarin, the head of consumer technologies at research firm Creative Strategies, said that\u00a0Musk\u00a0may be reading too much into a regular process\u00a0Apple\u00a0goes through in app review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApp review from\u00a0Apple\u00a0is not perfect by any means and a consistently frustrating process for developers but from what I hear it is a two-way conversation,\u201d he said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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