Elon Musk's declaration of war on Apple in a series of tweets on Monday gives Spotify and Fortnite maker Epic Games a powerful ally in taking the tech giant to task over its 30% App Store fees.
for getting verified on the social media platform to boost its profitability and avoid bankruptcy. A 30% cut on that would be a big dent to those plans.whether Apple's rules for app developers violate its rules after Spotify filed an antitrust case against Apple in 2019.if found guilty of breaching EU antitrust rules.
"If Twitter was kicked off, there could be another lawsuit developing. We saw Elon Musk use the courts effectively during his Twitter purchase and it would be no surprise if he pursued the same strategy now."U.S. federal appeals panel to overturn portions of a lower court antitrust ruling that largely favoured Apple and its App Store payment business.
"Apple continues to disadvantage competitors, and the impact is huge - on consumers, app developers, and now, authors and publishers. Without policymakers taking action, nothing will change," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wrote on Twitter last month.Musk, who was in the process of buying Twitter at that time, wrote "concerning" in response to Ek's post.
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