Musk’s ‘Epic’ stance

Tesla boss Elon Musk on Friday showed his support for “Fortnite” maker Epic Games in its challenge to Apple’s fees on its App Store.

“Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right,” he said in a tweet.

Apple is battling a lawsuit filed last year by Epic Games, alleging that the iPhone maker has abused its dominance in the market for mobile apps. Epic broke Apple’s rules when it introduced its own in-app payment system in “Fortnite” to circumvent Apple’s commissions.

Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Separately, Musk denied a report that he once had a chat with Apple boss Tim Cook related to a possible acquisition of the electric-car maker and taking over as the iPhone maker’s CEO.