The Apple App Store Twitter War
After the recent denial of having spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a wild story alleging he demanded to take over as the company’s CEO as part of an acquisition offer, Elon Musk tweeted his support of Epic Games’ fight against Apple over App Store policies. “Apple app store fees are a de facto […]
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After the recent denial of having spoken to Apple CEO Tim Cook regarding a wild story alleging he demanded to take over as the company’s CEO as part of an acquisition offer, Elon Musk tweeted his support of Epic Games’ fight against Apple over App Store policies.
“Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet,” he said on Twitter. “Epic is right.”
Currently in a legal battle with Apple over App Store rules, which allow Apple to take a 30 per cent commission on many transactions on the App Store, Epic argues them as unfair and anti-competitive.
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Possibly aiming to take advantage of the massive spotlight, Musk tweeted about it to his 58.7 million followers. CEO Tim Sweeney posted his latest salvo against the iPhone maker, just 25 minutes after Musk’s tweet. “In the future all physical goods will have a digital presence, and Apple will tax and gatekeep world commerce,” said Sweeney. “Apple must be stopped.”
Apple has not replied to a request for comment. Epic pointed The Verge to Sweeney’s tweet.
