Elon Musk tweaks Apple over advertisements, Twitter’s App Retailer future (Personal:TWTR)

Elon Musk wasted little time getting back from the Thanksgiving weekend by taking to his personal Twitter (TWTR) account to do some little bit of poking the bear.

However, this was no common bear. This was the largest bear of all of them within the tech world: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).

In a collection of tweets Monday, Musk went after Apple (AAPL), accused the tech large, and world’s most-valuable firm, for what he claimed was Apple’s (AAPL) slashing of its promoting on Twitter (TWTR). Since finishing his $44B acquisition of Twitter (TWTR), Musk has come underneath hearth for quite a few issues, together with his reported firing of as a lot as 75% of Twitter’s (TWTR) pre-acquisition workforce of seven,500 staff, and permitting some beforehand banned Twitter (TWTR) customers, comparable to former President Donald Trump, again onto the platform.

And together with the post-acquisition drama, Twitter (TWTR) has additionally reportedly has misplaced lots of its advertisers. Final week, the nonprofit watchdog group Media Issues revealed a analysis report during which it stated 50 of Twitter’s (TWTR) high 100 advertisers have stated they’ve left, or stopped promoting on the platform.

So, it was inside that setting that Musk started tweeting about Apple (AAPL) and its advertising–or lack thereof–on Twitter (TWTR).

“Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter,” Musk tweeted. “Do they hate free speech in America?”

As if that weren’t sufficient, Musk adopted that tweet up with a message on to Apple (AAPL) Chief Govt Tim Prepare dinner.

“What is going on on right here @timcook?” Musk tweeted.

Nevertheless, Musk wasn’t completed.

Because the day went on, Musk referred to as out Apple (AAPL) over what he claimed was the potential that Twitter’s (TWTR) app may quickly vanish from the App Retailer.

“Apple has additionally threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Retailer, however gained’t inform us why,” Musk tweeted.

However, Musk wasn’t completed there, as he quickly took goal at Apple (AAPL) and the charges it earns from builders on its App Retailer.

“Do you know Apple places a secret 30% tax on all the things you purchase by means of the App Retailer?” Musk tweeted.

Musk then published a poll asking his 119M followers whether or not Apple (AAPL) “ought to publish all censorship actions it has taken that have an effect on its clients.” By the point U.S. inventory markets closed Monday, nearly 1M individuals had responded, with 86% saying “sure” to Musk’s query.

After which after the market closed, Musk dangled the prospect that the general public will quickly get some inside dust on how Twitter (TWTR) allegedly used its platform to tamp down on tweets and opinions that weren’t aligned with the corporate’s prior administration and philosophies.

“The Twitter recordsdata on free speech suppression quickly to be revealed on Twitter itself,” Musk tweeted. “The general public deserves to know what actually occurred … “

In the meantime, previous to the weekend, Musk stated that Twitter (TWTR) would quickly relaunch its verification system, with gold and gray checks to affix the corporate’s customary blue checks.