The Morning After: Elon Musk says Apple has ‘threatened to withhold’ Twitter app

Elon Musk claims that Apple has “threatened to withhold” Twitter from its app retailer. In accordance with Musk, the corporate “received’t inform us why” it has points with the social community’s app. In subsequent tweets, he railed in opposition to Apple’s 30 % “tax” on in-app purchases and claimed the App Retailer proprietor has “censored” different builders. He additionally mentioned Apple “has principally stopped promoting on Twitter.” Apple hasn’t but responded to a request for remark. Musk additionally hasn’t specified if the corporate is holding updates to the service or threatening to take away the app from its retailer altogether.

Apple has strict, if usually inconsistently enforced, guidelines that govern the content material in apps in its retailer. You would possibly keep in mind Parler, a “free speech” rival to Twitter, which from the App Retailer for its lax content material moderation guidelines. The app returned after it rolled out an AI-based moderation system. ​​

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