Will we witness a battle between the richest man in the world and one of the most powerful corporations in the United States?
Elon Musk took this risk on Monday, firing red balls at Apple.
From his Twitter account, the new owner of the social network published in about fifteen minutes a salvo of angry messages against the group led by Tim Cook.
The reason?
“Apple has pretty much stopped advertising on Twitter.
Do they hate American free speech?
What's going on, Tim Cook?"
, he wrote.
If Elon Musk is so nervous, it's because Apple has a significant influence on the future of Twitter.
The Californian brand is one of the main advertisers of the social network and would have spent 48 million there last quarter, according to the
Washington Post
.
That Apple withdraws comes at the worst time: Twitter, 90% dependent on its advertising revenue, has to deal with the flight of fifty of its biggest customers as well as instructions…
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