‘What's going on, Tim Cook?’ Here's why Elon Musk training his guns on Apple

Ever since the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, took over as the new owner of Twitter, he has been trying to review the social network's business prospects and generate some revenue.

So much so that the CEO of Twitter is now training his guns at the Cupertino-based tech giant, Apple for stopping advertising on the social network.

The 51-year-old billionaire on Monday took to Twitter to hit out at Apple as he claimed that the iPhone-maker has "mostly stopped advertising on Twitter".


Musk further asked if Apple "hates free speech" in America.

"Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?" Musk wrote on Twitter where he enjoys the following of over 119 million people.

Musk didn't just stop there. He also dragged Apple CEO Tim Cook in the debate.

"What's going on here, Tim Cook?" Musk asked in another tweet.
Twitter is currently facing a close scrutiny by Apple and Google app stores and Musk, obviously, isn't too happy about it.

Just a few days ago, a Twitter user had asked Musk if he'd think of producing his own smartphone if Twitter gets booted by Apple and Google from their app stores, to which the SpaceX chief affirmed.

However, Musk said that he hopes it doesn't come to that, but if it does, he will have no other option but to make an alternative phone.

Since then, the Twitter CEO has made several fresh posts against Apple. In one of the tweets, Musk has asked Apple to publish all censorship actions it has taken that affect its customers.

Musk on Monday also called Apple's fee on transactions through its App Store a "secret 30% tax." He shared a video released last year by Fortnite maker Epic Games that portrayed Apple as an oppressor in a mocking spin on a famous "1984" ad for Macintosh computers.
The Tesla boss, who himself is a self-described free speech absolutist, had earlier also revealed that Twitter had seen a "massive" drop in revenue and blamed activist groups for pressuring advertisers. Ad sales account for about 90% of Twitter's revenue.