Elon Musk has just called out Apple for its App Store policies regarding payments. The latter has already faced scrutiny in various regions across the globe, with the latest criticism coming from the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.
The senior executive from Tesla stated that “Apple’s store is like having a 30 percent tax on the internet. Definitely not ok,” from his official Twitter account. He further added that it is “Literally 10 times higher than it should be.” In other words, Elon Musk is clearly against the fee that the Cupertino based giant charges app developers and believes that the fee should be a tenth of what it currently is.
For those unaware, this isn’t the first time this argument has been brought up, with bodies like the EU also calling these charges as anti competitive as well. To be fair, the iPhone maker only charges 30 percent cut from app developers who make more than 1 million US Dollars through the App Store on an annual basis. On the other hand, smaller developers who make less than this figure are charged just 15 percent through the Small Business Developer Program.
Notably, this also isn’t the first time Musk has criticized Apple. Back in July 2021, he had called out the brand for creating a walled garden, stating that “I think we do want to emphasize that our goal is to support the advent of sustainable energy. It is not to create a walled garden and use that to bludgeon our competitors which is used by some companies.”
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