It seems that a Elon Musk doesn't like Apple organizes the application storeaccusing them of bad practices, preventing certain types of apps from reaching the top and not including some as x (of their property) among the essentials, having others that he considers that they are worse.
Today we are going to see the exact words of the owner of the old Twitter, and if this is really so, or it is simply a protest without foundation, and that X is not as popular as he believes.
Elon Musk accuses Apple
Elon Musk has lit another public dispute with Apple, this time threatening to take the company to court because, according to him, The App Store is favoring OpenAi And harming his own app, Grok. The spark of the conflict was that Chatgpt appears at the top of the free applications lists and in several outstanding listings, while Grok, and also the X app, do not receive the same treatment or appear in sections as “essential”, although Musk considers that they should be there for use and relevance.
Musk has not been cut, and has said that the only way for an app to reach the number one position is being OpenAi, which sounds to the accusation of preferential treatment and, by extension, possible anti -competitive behavior by Apple. For the moment, Grok appears in a lower position (Around the fifth in the free list in the United States), and that has been enough for Musk to take it to networks and his legal team.
Apple has not made a public statement responding to these accusations, so the story is still open and could climb to a legal battle if it meets the threat. Behind the rifirrafe there is more than business pride, it touches sensitive issues such as the editorial curatorship of application stores, visibility criteria and the power that platforms have to boost or bury services.
If Apple offers privileged treatment to certain developers, the legal and regulatory consequences could be important; If, on the other hand, their decisions are based on legitimate metrics, the demand would have less travel. In any case, this is not just a fight between two big names, it is another piece of the puzzle on how competition is regulated in the Apps ecosystem and how much control the large platforms have on which products first reach users.
In our opinion, this is not so, and at least in Spain, Chatgpt is more popular than Grokand, therefore, it is logical that it is above in the ranking, since it would not make sense that X is positioned first if so many people do not use it, so the accusation of Elon Musk does not make much sense, and what it would have to improve its app, and then accuse with more motifs.
And you, what do you think of all this? Do you think it is a businessman's pate, or is Apple doing this on purpose? Leave us a comment with your opinion.
