In the midst of growing controversy between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk, the latter has criticized Apple for charging a 30% fee to publish apps on the App Store.Tesla CEO used Twitter to blame the Cupertino giant “Overcharge on the App Store” Supported Epic Games in an industry giant litigation.
Now, for those who don’t know, Apple charges developers a 30 percent fee to publish and sell apps and services on their digital marketplace. This was the main reason Epic filed a proceeding against Apple last year after the Cupertino giant removed Epic’s Fortnite game from the App Store. Since then, the two companies have criticized each other for various wrongdoing and have come and gone.
So, in a recent tweet, Elon criticized Apple’s App Store pricing, “De facto World Tax on the Internet”..In addition, he added that epic “Is correct” Instead of suing Apple for the same thing. Check out the tweets attached just below.
Apple App Store pricing is a de facto global tax on the Internet. The epic is correct.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2021
In addition, a new controversy arose between Tim Cook and Elon Musk after the recent release of a new book on Tesla. So, in a recent tweet from the small news EV news channel Whole Mars Catalog, they wrote that Elon has recently criticized Apple.
Reply to Tweet, Eron I have written That apple “clearly” Overcharge “Do almost zero incremental work” He says it “It’s completely impossible.” In addition, Elon added that market pressures would usually force companies to reduce fees. However, because Apple basically has a monopoly, “Friendliness of the interface”, It can charge such a high fee for its service.In conclusion, Elon has an App Store fee “Hidden from the user” If not, there would have been a protest.
Competitive pressure usually forces Apple to cut prices, but Apple and Android are duopoly on the phone. Taking into account the friendliness of the interface, it’s basically a monopoly.
The effective 30% sales tax charged by Apple is hidden or protested by users.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2021
Meanwhile, Apple claims to charge 30% of the App Store fee to maintain a secure OS experience for its users. The Cupertino giant says he checks each app on the App Store to make sure it’s safe for users. This is also the main reason why Apple does not recommend “sideloading” apps from third-party app stores.
So what do you think about Apple charging a 30% commission to publish an app on the App Store? Do you support the company policy? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
