Elon Musk declares war on Apple. “Do they hate free speech?” He threatens to create his own iPhone

Elon Musk took over Twitter just a few weeks ago. In this short time, however, the controversial billionaire managed to cause several minor and major scandals related to the platform. . It then introduced a new way to verify accounts, .

In the meantime, Twitter’s new owner wrote an email to employees (those he hadn’t previously fired) giving them a choice: dedicate yourself to the new, “hardcore” Twitter or take a briefing and leave. “Only exceptional performance will provide a grade to move on,” Musk wrote in an email. He also said that the new Twitter will be led mainly by engineers.

Elon Musk at war with Apple. It was about the ads

Elon Musk’s controversial actions can cost Twitter a lot. According to the center’s report Media Matters for America in the last few weeks 50 of the top 100 advertisers on the platform have announced or simply pulled ads from the platform. And we’re talking about companies that spent almost $2 billion on Twitter in 2020 alone.

The list published by Media Matters for America includes companies such as AT&T, Ford, Jeep, Dell, Canel, Chevolet, HP, LinkedIn, The Coca-Cola Company, The Kraft Heinz Company, Heineken NV and Nestle.

Another big company who resigned from Twitter is supposed to be Apple. Although the iPhone manufacturer did not announce this fact publicly (and refuses to comment on the matter), Elon Musk himself complained about this on his social media platform.

Apple has basically stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?

– wrote the billionaire. “What is going on here?” – he added, marking the head of Apple Tim Cook.

This entry was only a prelude to a series of complaints against the Cupertino company. In subsequent entries, Musk accused Apple of monopolistic activities and censorship. He even set up a poll asking Twitter users if “Apple should publish all of its censorship actions that affect its customers?”

Then the billionaire rolled out even heavier guns. He stated that Apple threatened him with withdrawing the Twitter app from the AppStore. However, the Cupertino company did not refer to this or other allegations made by Elon Musk.

Of course, it’s not out of the question that Apple actually decided to cut itself off from Twitter. It has been known for a long time that the American giant has always tried to stay as far away from any controversy as possible, and Musk’s recent actions on the platform undoubtedly cause such controversy.

The head of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, however, does not intend to let Tim Cook’s company go. In one of the following entries, Musk asked Twitter users if they knew that “Apple is imposing a secret 30 percent tax on everything you buy from their App Store?”

The point is that commissions that Apple imposes on application developers (however horrendously high) are no secret. It is common knowledge in the industry that no one hides from anyone. Ba, in recent years about the “Apple tax”

Will Tesla Create Its Own Smartphone? This is Musk’s “backup plan”.

Elon Musk already has a plan ready in case Apple and Google really decide to “kick” Twitter from their platforms. This plan is to create … your own smartphone. “If necessary, I will build an alternative smartphone,” Musk tweeted a few days ago.

Given how complicated process is introduction of a new smartphone to the market by a company that has not dealt with mobile devices before, it is difficult to take these words seriously. On the other hand, until recently, plans to take over Twitter were treated in the same way.