"Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the
Internet. Epic is right," he said in a tweet.
Apple is battling a lawsuit filed last year by Epic Games,
alleging that the iPhone maker has abused its dominance in the market for
mobile apps. Epic broke Apple's rules when it introduced its own in-app payment
system in "Fortnite" to circumvent Apple's commissions.
Apple, which has defended its App Store practices both in
court and to lawmakers in hearings, did not immediately respond to a Reuters
request for comment.
Separately, Musk denied a report that he once had a chat
with Apple boss Tim Cook related to a possible acquisition of the electric
carmaker and taking over as the iPhone maker's CEO.
"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," Musk said in another tweet.
On Tesla's call with Wall Street analysts earlier this week,
Musk took shots at Apple, criticizing the company's "walled garden"
or its tightly controlled tech ecosystem and its usage of cobalt, a key mineral
for making lithium-ion batteries.
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