Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc, voiced his support for Epic Games, the creator of "Fortnite," which has challenged Apple Inc's App Store fees.
"Apple's app store fees are a de facto global Internet tax. Epic is right," he wrote in a tweet.
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple last year, alleging that the iPhone maker abused its market dominance in mobile apps.
In August of last year, Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store because to avoid Apple's commissions, Epic breached Apple's rules by introducing its own in-app payment system in the game.
There is no comment by Apple's side yet. However, the company has defended its App Store practises in court and to lawmakers in hearings.
“I mean, charging 30% for absolutely no incremental work is completely unreasonable. If App Store costs were fair, Epic wouldn't bother processing their own payments," he tweeted.
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Separately, Musk rebuffed a rumour that he had a conversation with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the possibility of buying Tesla and taking over as the iPhone maker's CEO.
"There was one point, I requested a meeting with Cook to discuss Apple's purchase of Tesla. There were no purchase conditions proposed at all." Musk stated in another tweet, "He refused to meet."
Musk criticised Apple's "walled garden," or tightly controlled tech ecosystem, and its use of cobalt, a vital mineral for creating lithium-ion batteries.
Demands of Epic Games
Lobbyists for Epic Games have been seeking to get a bill passed that would allow iPhone users to download iOS apps without going through the App Store. The lobbyists want an option for iPhone, similar to how Google enables third-party app shops and apk file installation.
The measure also states that companies like Apple should not "retaliate against a developer for using an alternative application store or the in-app payment method."