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===Twitter===

In August 2021, [[Twitter]] introduced a feature named Super Follows (now Subscriptions), in which users can pay a subscription fee to access more of a creator's content. For each user who enables Subscriptions, Twitter must submit a new in-app purchase SKU to the App Store, which will become available with the next update to the app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@wongmjane |date=2 Sep 2021 |title=Each Super Follow is an In-App Purchase on the App Store, but because there are too many IAPs for the Twitter app, the App Store only shows 10 instead of the full list |url=https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194042/https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025|access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> This, of course, is subject to the 30% fee. At the time of writing in January 2025, viewing the App Store listing reveals Elon Musk's $4.00 subscription as the fourth most popular IAP item.

==Data collection==

Apple added a new discovery feature in the App Store coming with iOS 27 that would allow users to see personalized results based on their activity,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charlton |first=Harley |title=Apple Adds Personalized Recommendations and New Marketing Tools to the App Store |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/15/app-store-gains-personalized-recommendations/ |website=MacRumours |date=15 Jun 2026 |access-date=18 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260615175106/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/15/app-store-gains-personalized-recommendations/ |archive-date=15 Jun 2026}}</ref> A group of security researchers known as Mysk say that Apple logs ''"every tap"'' in the App Store that a user inputs in order to put together the recommendations, with there being ''"no way to turn it off"''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Mysk |title=Mysk on X |url=https://x.com/mysk_co/status/2064401062224879888 |website=[[X]] |date=9 Jun 2026 |access-date=18 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260618210630/https://nitter.catsarch.com/mysk_co/status/2064401062224879888 |archive-date=18 Jun 2026}}</ref>

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 ===Twitter===
 In August 2021, [[Twitter]] introduced a feature named Super Follows (now Subscriptions), in which users can pay a subscription fee to access more of a creator's content. For each user who enables Subscriptions, Twitter must submit a new in-app purchase SKU to the App Store, which will become available with the next update to the app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@wongmjane |date=2 Sep 2021 |title=Each Super Follow is an In-App Purchase on the App Store, but because there are too many IAPs for the Twitter app, the App Store only shows 10 instead of the full list |url=https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194042/https://x.com/wongmjane/status/1433372120080261120 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025|access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> This, of course, is subject to the 30% fee. At the time of writing in January 2025, viewing the App Store listing reveals Elon Musk's $4.00 subscription as the fourth most popular IAP item.
+==Data collection==
+Apple added a new discovery feature in the App Store coming with iOS 27 that would allow users to see personalized results based on their activity,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charlton |first=Harley |title=Apple Adds Personalized Recommendations and New Marketing Tools to the App Store |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/15/app-store-gains-personalized-recommendations/ |website=MacRumours |date=15 Jun 2026 |access-date=18 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260615175106/https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/15/app-store-gains-personalized-recommendations/ |archive-date=15 Jun 2026}}</ref> A group of security researchers known as Mysk say that Apple logs ''"every tap"'' in the App Store that a user inputs in order to put together the recommendations, with there being ''"no way to turn it off"''.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Mysk |title=Mysk on X |url=https://x.com/mysk_co/status/2064401062224879888 |website=[[X]] |date=9 Jun 2026 |access-date=18 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260618210630/https://nitter.catsarch.com/mysk_co/status/2064401062224879888 |archive-date=18 Jun 2026}}</ref>
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