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Elon Musk Meets With Apple CEO Tim Cook Amid Claims of Twitter App Store Dispute [Updated]
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And Cook chose to express his freedom of speech with his - and the Board at Apple's money - in removing ads from Musk's platform because "Musk disagreed with what the left was doing" (your words, not mine). That in itself is freedom of Speech, and Musk isn't happy with that.. nor are his followers.
Freedom of Speech works both ways, and Musk can't understand that his way isn't the only way. That's on him. If he can't deal with the fact that people can't nor will agree with him on such a public platform, then he shouldn't have dared to venture into buying it.
BL.
In short, “Please don’t remove Twitter from the App Store.”
Removing Twitter from the App Store
hallelujah is nothing short of a death blow the company would never recover from, and Elmo knows it.
Removing Twitter from the App Store
hallelujah is nothing short of a death blow the company would never recover from, and Elmo knows it.
Nice fictional story there. Post it on mastodon and collect those re-toots.In short, “Please don’t remove Twitter from the App Store.”
Removing Twitter from the App Store
Hey, 1st of the month is right around the corner, bills coming due, and Elmo knows it.
This “genius” might want to spend 2 seconds confirming something before spreading misinformation around. Grow up, dude.
I don't know what's funnier:
- the fact that his post is sarcastically funny but could entirely be truthful; or
- the fact that it triggered you so much that you had to reply to it.
Well its probably a good idea to keep friendly with Musk. If he keeps burning his wealth like he has with Twitter, Apple might get their wish to be in the car business really cheap one day.
So you think Elon should stop telling people to vote Republican, then?
That is just fantasy delusion. You'd have to be rabidly political to be talking like that.
Musk is such a toxic person. I don’t know what show is worse, the kardashians or musk.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk today met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, according to a tweet shared by Musk this afternoon.
Musk thanked Cook for taking him around Apple's headquarters, with no mention of what the two might have discussed. The meeting comes just after Musk on Monday claimed that Apple has "mostly stopped" offering ads on Twitter, and that Apple had threatened to "withhold Twitter from its App Store."
Musk said that Apple has been "making moderation demands," though he did not go into detail on what Apple might have said about moderation. Twitter has been undergoing rapid change since Musk's October takeover, and many employees who handled moderation and policy creation have been fired or have left the company.
Apple has cracked down on other social networking apps for lax moderation policies, such as Parler, so there is real danger that Twitter and Apple could end up in a major dispute should Twitter fail to adequately handle inappropriate content. Twitter has already reinstated more than 62,000 suspended accounts, including that of former U.S. President Donald Trump, and it is not yet clear if that will be problematic.
Apple and Twitter could also run into issues over the Twitter Blue subscription. Platformer this week said Twitter is delaying the launch of the Twitter Blue service as it seeks a way to avoid Apple's 30 percent cut on iOS devices.
The video shared by Musk features the Apple Park duck pond, which has previously been seen in Apple videos and photographs captured by employees.
Update: Musk says that he and Cook resolved a misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store, which Cook said Apple had not considered.
Article Link: Elon Musk Meets With Apple CEO Tim Cook Amid Claims of Twitter App Store Dispute [Updated]
I love Elon so much. I wish I could give him a big hug and say thank you.
So will all the people who were cheering for Apple to do this and defending them for apparently being about to do it, come and admit that it was a ridiculous notion in the first place?
That’s a good question.
1) check the ruling on the impeachment
2) check the ruling on Twitter.
It wasn’t my definition.
No, you know how this place works. They'll quietly try to forget this thread and wait for the next chance to rush to conclusions.
I don't see what the issue is here. Advertising, branding, and marketing are business decisions, and Apple has every right to make those decisions. If Apple doesn't want an ad for their latest iPad featured next to a conspiracy rant about jewish space lasers, then so be it. Apple might view that as poor product placement. Disney isn't advertising the upcoming release of the Little Mermaid in Playboy. Both Disney and Apple know their customers and fiercely protect their brands. Advertising is their call.
As for apps, this was much to do about nothing. Apple has always carefully curated their App Store, and they have every right to do so. They don't allow porn apps. Why? Because they don't want people browsing through the App Store being inundated with certain images. Apple knows some of their customers aren't bothered by this content, and Apple knows that there are others that don't want to see it in the App Store....even if they watch it in their browser. This policy might actually cost Apple some revenue, but Apple wants to protect its brand. So, they made a business decision to not allow certain apps on their platform. If Apple decides that an app is not compatible with their marketing strategy, they aren't obligated to let it on their platform. At this time, it sounds like Apple doesn't intend to remove Twitter, but if it becomes a cesspool of hate, they have every right to remove it from the App Store.
Now, any decision Apple makes will have consequences that might gain or lose customers. Apple and their shareholders will have to live with those results.
As for apps, this was much to do about nothing. Apple has always carefully curated their App Store, and they have every right to do so. They don't allow porn apps. Why? Because they don't want people browsing through the App Store being inundated with certain images. Apple knows some of their customers aren't bothered by this content, and Apple knows that there are others that don't want to see it in the App Store....even if they watch it in their browser. This policy might actually cost Apple some revenue, but Apple wants to protect its brand. So, they made a business decision to not allow certain apps on their platform. If Apple decides that an app is not compatible with their marketing strategy, they aren't obligated to let it on their platform. At this time, it sounds like Apple doesn't intend to remove Twitter, but if it becomes a cesspool of hate, they have every right to remove it from the App Store.
Now, any decision Apple makes will have consequences that might gain or lose customers. Apple and their shareholders will have to live with those results.
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- Delisting Twitter from the App Store when the app is in compliance with developer testing criteria is absurd.
- Ending advertising on Twitter, by Apple, is an example of exercising their free speech rights. Apple has no interest in poisoning the brand to prop up a zealot whose world views run 180 degrees counter to Steve Jobs, Steve Wosniak, and the actual corporate legal documents of Apple as an entity.
- Apple collaborating with Tesla on the upcoming Apple CarPlay [Car Console/Dash integration] being developed for 3rd party OEMs in the auto industry has nothing to do with Twitter and that albatross around Musk's neck. That is what Tim will have cleared up with Musk if he wants to collaborate with Apple now and in the future.
I agree with what you’ve said, however Apple have not said they are considering removing Twitter from their App Store. Or at least I have seen nothing where they have said this.
There are lots of anti-Apple/Tim & Pro Musk people on here who have continued Musks fantasy statement, but there is zero evidence to suggest this has actually happened. And those people who propagate that fantasy are quite animate and angry about yelling "Freedom". Personally I’m not a fan of lies and misinformation, but this is a melting pot of ideas. I’m a fan of Macrumors, but this has never been called MacFacts. Certain people need to remember this.
I like fantasy as much as anyone, but I will leave it to the Netflix/Disney Channel to do this.
Should Tim Cook and Apple employees stop donating to Democrats?
When did they do that?
I'll tel you a secret. Apple did not interfere with Twitter. It’s a rumour. Started by Musk. No one has said it’s true except those who can’t tell fiction from facts.