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Elon Musk likens Apple pay to 30% tax on Internet

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Published Wed, May 4, 2022 · 08:54 AM
    • Elon Musk likened Apple and its App Store to the equivalent of a "30 per cent tax on the Internet" and said the fee is "10 times higher than it should be", in a series of tweets responding to an article about the European Union's latest antitrust complaint against the tech giant.
    • Elon Musk likened Apple and its App Store to the equivalent of a "30 per cent tax on the Internet" and said the fee is "10 times higher than it should be", in a series of tweets responding to an article about the European Union's latest antitrust complaint against the tech giant. PHOTO: REUTERS

    ELON Musk likened Apple and its App Store to the equivalent of a "30 per cent tax on the Internet" and said the fee is "10 times higher than it should be", in a series of tweets responding to an article about the European Union's latest antitrust complaint against the tech giant.

    Musk's former company PayPal Holdings was instrumental in getting the antitrust suit against Apple to proceed after they raised concerns about the tech giant's payment system with the European Commission. BLOOMBERG

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