Elon Musk Says Twitter’s Potential Removal From iOS App Store Was ‘Misunderstanding’
Apple was the next big brand that reportedly suspended its ads on Twitter, according to Elon Musk. Twitter’s new CEO alsoallegedthat Apple “threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store” — and if that happens, Musk said thathe would develop a smartphoneto compete with the iPhone. Interestingly, Elon Musk thinks that iPhone is yesterday’s technology and Neuralink is the future. In fact, Musk expectsNeuralink to be approved by FDA for human trialover the next six months. Be that as it may, a conflict could be brewing between the world’s richest man and the world’s richest company — or maybe not.
Elon Musk says Apple ‘never considered’ banning Twitter from the iOS App Store
Barely two days after Elon Musk feuded with Apple publicly, he met with Tim Cook to settle the differences. “We resolved the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from the App Store. Tim was clear that Apple never considered doing so,“Elon Musk tweetedlast evening. This was a few hours after he shared a video of Apple’s HQ to disclose the location of the meeting.
However, Elon Musk didn’t reveal if Apple will continue advertising on Twitter. According to theWashington Post, Apple was the biggest ad spender on Twitter in Q1 2022. It spent an average of $4 million per week to run ads on Twitter between January to March this year — this added up to about 4% of Twitter’s revenue. However,Reutersreports that Apple reduced its weekly ad budget on Twitter to $131,600 a few weeks after Elon Musk bought the social media company. We also haven’t heard from Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, about the agenda of his meeting with Elon Musk.
