Musk will discuss adjusting ‘30% Apple tax’ with Cook
Musk will discuss adjusting ‘30% Apple tax’ with Cook
Musk will discuss adjusting ‘30% Apple tax’ with Cook.
30% commission is still unacceptable? Musk says he will discuss adjusting ‘Apple tax’ with Cook.
News on August 3, Elon Musk said on Wednesday local time that he “will talk to Cook” to see if the Apple CEO will adjust the policy of charging 30% commission for in-app transactions.
Currently, Apple takes a 30% commission on all in-app transactions on iOS, which also includes subscription service fees that creators earn through the social media platform Twitter.
Musk said he wants to change that policy so that Apple only takes a 30 percent cut of the portion of subscription fees Twitter earns.
Musk added that Twitter is also tweaking how it takes cuts from creators. Twitter had announced that it would not charge any fees for the first 12 months.
Musk said that after 12 months, Twitter will not collect 10% of the subscription revenue from all creators, but only take 10% of the subscription fee when the subscription fee exceeds $100,000.
On November 28 last year, Musk compared Apple’s fee to a “30% tax hidden on the Internet”, and delayed the launch of the iOS version of the Twitter Blue V certification service to avoid paying Apple.
Around the same time, Musk also said that Apple had threatened to “delist” Twitter from the Apple App Store, but after visiting Cook at Apple headquarters, Musk said it was a misunderstanding.
It is unclear whether Apple will adjust the policy for Musk. It has taken restrictive measures against companies such as “Fortress Night” developer Epic Games due to the issue of commissions, but sometimes it also opens up applications such as Netflix, Spotify, and Kindle, allowing them to create in-app links to register on the company’s website page.
