Elon Musk and Tim Cook settle "misunderstanding" over App Store dispute

Reverses Musk's recent anti-Apple trend

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Musk claimed Apple had threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store, but now says it was a "misunderstanding"
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Musk claimed Apple had threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store, but now says it was a "misunderstanding"

Days after suggesting Apple wanted to remove Twitter from the App Store, Elon Musk says he has cleared up the "misunderstanding" on the issue.

The world's richest man said on Wednesday that he met Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple's headquarters, and that the company never considered booting out Twitter from its App Store. That rumour, of co...

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