Musk to speak to Apple boss about adjusting the Apple tax

Elon Musk has stated he’s going to have a phrase with Apple boss Tim Cook dinner about “adjusting” the 30% payment that Apple takes from in-app purchases made through its App Retailer.

Musk, CEO of Twitter (now X), said in a tweet on Wednesday that altering the best way that it’s charged would maximize the quantity that creators on Twitter would obtain when followers subscribe to their unique content material.

Particularly, he stated he’d choose it if Apple took 30% of the subscription payment that Twitter holds onto, somewhat than 30% of the complete subscription value.

It’s not the primary time that Musk has made his emotions recognized about Apple’s 30% payment. In November final yr, shortly after buying Twitter in a deal price $44 billion, Musk tweeted that “app retailer charges are clearly too excessive as a result of iOS/Android duopoly,” including: “It’s a hidden 30% tax on the web.”

Cook dinner ended up inviting Musk to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino to debate this and various different issues, and regardless of having what Musk described as a “good dialog,” Apple’s 30% payment stayed effectively and actually in place.

That’s why few individuals count on Apple to alter its place this time round, in spite of everything, the tech large hardly has a fame for flexibility with regards to its App Retailer charges.

In the identical tweet on Wednesday during which Musk talked about that he’ll be contacting Cook dinner, he additionally laid out an up to date algorithm concerning monetization for Twitter creator accounts, which additionally obtain a portion of advert income.

“Whereas we had beforehand stated that X would hold nothing for the 12 months, then 10%, we’re amending that coverage to X retains nothing ceaselessly, till payout exceeds $100k, then 10%,” he wrote, including that Twitter won’t take a reduce of any income made within the first 12 months.

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