Hi. I’m been an Apple pundit for a decade. Elno’s latest war against (spins wheel) Apple contains quite a few distortions which make this functionally a lie.

Let’s go through them. 🧵 https://t.co/PulbosN64t

2/ First of all, Apple would not get 30 percent of a Twitter Blue subscription. They would get 15 percent after 12 months.

This has been the case for a long time. Small app developers fought for this change. Ironic a billionaire is now profiting from it.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/subscriptions/#revenue-after-one-year https://t.co/SfBy7yesNU

3/ Secondly, the wider argument Elno wants to pick with Apple about their rules not allowing apps with unmoderated hate speech is not new.

This has been the case in the App Store since Steve Jobs was alive. Many people, myself included, believe he wrote them himself.

4/ TLDR: Elno should have known this would be an issue with Apple. It’s gross incompetence not to understand that.

Lastly, unlike Elno, Apple takes GDPR compliance seriously.

Elno is on a collision with European regulators. His plan for Twitter breaks many of their rules.

5/ Apple’s risk in hosting an app that’s invariably going to be involved in a multibillion dollar lawsuit with European regulators is not zero.

They are trying to head off that risk by reaching out privately. He doesn’t want to hear it, and is instead throwing a tantrum.

6/ Apple has had this battle with some of the largest companies in tech, such as Epic.

They won every time.

I would bet they’ll win here as well.

7/ Before you yell at this, please notice. I’m just laying out facts and history of these rules.

I’m not making a value judgement over App Store apps hosting hate speech.

I’m just pointing out the rules, risks and historical context that he should already know.