Twitter Getting BANNED By Apple Store? As Elon Musk Claims company is threatening to remove Twitter from App Store
3 min readElon Musk is back again in headlines with this time him claiming Apple Inc. has threatened to withhold Twitter from App Store. Well, it seems like even Apple has some issues with Twitter now. While the users of the app have been already showing their disappointment at the changes being made on Twitter. It’s now a disagreement between Twitter and Apple Inc. But what exactly is the trouble between them?
Read ahead to know more about Elon Musk’s claims Apple has threatened to withhold Twitter from App Store.
Elon Musk’s Twitter and its recent highlights
Ever since Twitter went under the ownership of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. It has been making headlines mostly due to its users’ disagreement with the platform’s changes. Be it the paid monthly verification plan of Twitter or the firing of Twitter employees. All have been making users slam Twitter and Musk.
What’s going on here @tim_cook?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
In fact, many Twitter users due to the unacceptable changes Twitter even started looking for alternatives of Twitter. While some may have already left the platform by now. Yet, Musk seems to be unmoved by all the reactions of Twitter users.
Elon Musk claims Apple threatened to withhold Twitter from App Store
Well, apart from the usual users of Twitter, now it seems like even the tech brand Apple is also not happy with Twitter and Musk. As recently via tweets, Musk himself hinted the same. Where he claimed that Apple Inc. has threatened to withhold Twitter from iOS App Store.
Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
It was on this Monday, when Musk made some tweets raising the concern. While he also made clear that Apple has almost stopped its advertisement on Twitter. That’s not something Musk would have thought about. Meanwhile, he tweeted targeting Apple “Do they hate free speech in America”.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Why has Apple Inc. threatened to withhold Twitter from App Store?
Though Musk in his tweet wrote, “Apple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why”. It’s unclear as to what exactly made Apple do that to Twitter. However, Musk did hint that Apple wanted Twitter to have some content moderation. Meanwhile, Musk wants Apple to publish all its censorship that can have an impact on its customers.
Though Apple didn’t make any comment on the tweets of Musk. Previously, Apple did remove apps like Gab and Parler over its rules. Though Parler did get a restoration from Apple in 2021 when the app made changes connecting to its content and moderation practice.