Elon Musk’s gangster tech regulation comes for Apple
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Summary
Elon Musk, CEO of artificial intelligence company xAI — and the world’s richest man — is threatening to sue Apple over its failure to recommend his apps X and Grok on its iOS App Store, claiming this to be an “unequivocal antitrust violation”
Apple said its App Store is fair and free of bias, with curated lists chosen by experts using objective criteria, adding that it does not give special treatment to any developer.
X and Grok apparently violate several Apple App Store guidelines, such as prohibiting apps from including content that is offensive, in poor taste or intended to disgust.
Yet, Apple has not removed the apps from its store, and recently resumed advertising on X.
The threat highlights the ways in which Musk will aggressively pursue any perceived slight, and that once a company gives in to one request, it will be hit with endless others.