Epic Games is right, says Elon Musk. Apple is reportedly trying to tax the internet

Just a few months ago, the dispute between Apple and Epic Games was on the agenda. It started already in August last year, when Epic added its own payment system to its Fortnite game, which directly violated the terms of the App Store. Subsequently, of course, this popular title was removed, which started a lawsuit. The two giants defended their interests in court earlier this year and the outcome is now awaited. Although the situation has calmed down a bit, Elon Musk has now commented on it on his Twitter. According to him, App Store fees are practically a global internet tax, and Epic Games has been right all along.

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In addition, this is not the first time that Musk has leaned on the giant from Cupertino. During the quarterly call, Musk said that Tesla plans to share its network of chargers with other manufacturers, as it does not want to close itself off so much and create problems for the competition itself. He added some interesting words. It's said to be a tactic used by various companies, with him subsequently "clearing his throat" and mentioning Apple. Undoubtedly, this is an allusion to the closure of the entire apple ecosystem.

Musk has already criticized Apple several times for taking over employees for the Apple Car project, but now for the first time ever he leaned into Apple's App Store policy and its fees. On the other hand, Tesla doesn't have a single paid app in its app store, so you won't even find the fees themselves. A few days ago, Musk also mentioned on Twitter that he and Tim Cook, the current CEO of the apple company, have never talked and never corresponded. There was speculation about the acquisition of Tesla by Apple. In the past, anyway, this visionary wanted to meet for the sake of a possible buyout, but Cook refused. According to Musk, Tesla was then at about 6% of its current value and was encountering numerous problems in the development of the Model 3.

Cook & I have never spoken or written to each other ever.

There was a point where I requested to meet with Cook to talk about Apple buying Tesla. There were no conditions of acquisition proposed whatsoever.

He refused to meet. Tesla was worth about 6% of today's value.

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2021