{"id":1754017,"date":"2022-11-28T15:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754017"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:32:58","slug":"go-to-war-musk-targets-apple-claiming-it-canceled-ads-threatened-to-boot-twitter-from-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/go-to-war-musk-targets-apple-claiming-it-canceled-ads-threatened-to-boot-twitter-from-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Go To War\u2019: Musk Targets Apple Claiming It Canceled Ads, Threatened To Boot Twitter From App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgo-to-war-musk-targets-apple-claiming-it-canceled-ads-threatened-to-boot-twitter-from-app-store%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk signaled Monday that he might be preparing to \u201cgo to war\u201d with Apple after the company has largely stopped advertising on Twitter and has reportedly threatened to boot the social media platform from its App Store.<\/p>\n<p>Musk specifically called out Apple CEO Tim Cook in a series of tweets where he also raised the issue of censorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?\u201d Musk asked. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on here @tim_cook?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What\u2019s going on here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_cook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tim_cook<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597290422375587840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won\u2019t tell us why,\u201d Musk added.<\/p>\n<p>Musk then posted a poll, which he has used in the past to make decisions about what he will do at the company, asking, \u201cApple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers[?]\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple should publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597295832759382016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk highlighted an account that claimed to have been silenced by Apple and asked, \u201cWho else has Apple censored?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk also renewed his criticisms of the fees that Apple charges app developers, \u201cDid you know Apple puts a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk stated back in May that \u201cApple\u2019s store is like having a 30% tax on the Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely not ok,\u201d he said. \u201cLiterally 10 times higher than it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk also shared a meme suggesting he would rather \u201cGo To War\u201d with Apple than \u201cPay 30%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKEY9mVujp\">pic.twitter.com\/uKEY9mVujp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597302404239659008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Cook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-apples-ceo-suggests-its-sin-not-ban-people-ryan-saavedra\">said<\/a> at an event in New York City that tech companies have a moral obligation to ban certain people and certain types of content from social media and technology platforms, going so far as to suggest that not banning them is \u201ca sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only have one message for those who seek to push hate, division, and violence: You have no place on our platforms,\u201d Cook said. \u201cYou have no home here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can\u2019t be clear on moral questions like these, then we\u2019ve got big problems,\u201d Cook continued. \u201cI believe the most sacred thing that each of us is given is our judgment, our morality, our own innate desire to separate right from wrong. Choosing to set that responsibility aside at a moment of trial is a sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-to-start-creating-smartphones-if-apple-google-remove-twitter-from-app-stores\">said<\/a> Friday that he would start creating smartphones if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/apple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> remove Twitter from their app stores, which would be highly damaging to Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s remarks came in response to a tweet from political commentator Liz Wheeler, who wrote: \u201cIf Apple &#038; Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone &#038; Android,\u201d she said. \u201cThe man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cI certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-announces-he-would-support-desantis-for-president-if-desantis-runs\">Musk Announces He Would Support DeSantis For President If DeSantis Runs<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk signaled Monday that he might be preparing to \u201cgo to war\u201d with Apple after the company has largely stopped advertising on Twitter and has reportedly threatened to boot the social media platform from its App Store. 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