Tesla CEO Elon Musk, replying to a tweet on Wednesday, announced that he has discontinued making use of Apple News. In a current tweet, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management, Ross Gerber wrote that he cancelled his subscription to Apple News. He explained himself by calling the news app “A major source of negativity in my life.” Mr Musk replied to this tweet by writing, “Same.” Apple News is a news aggregator app from the property of Apple Inc and is offered on its iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS operating systems. It enables customers to study news articles based on their option of publishers, subjects and internet websites.
Same
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2021
The SpaceX CEO has been taking a stand against Apple Inc given that “Fortnite” maker Epic Games challenged Apple Inc in a lawsuit. Epic Games alleged that Apple Inc was working out an illegal monopoly by way of its App Store, exactly where it took a 30% reduce on every single sale. Mr Musk supported Epic by calling App Store charges “a de facto global tax on the Internet.” He had also condemned Apple Inc for making a “walled garden” of technologies.
Apple app shop charges are a de facto worldwide tax on the Internet. Epic is ideal.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2021
Seeing Mr Musk’s current tweet, numerous customers replied in agreement.
Same.
— @massumeh18 #Activist (@massumeh18) August 18, 2021
Some customers claimed to have cancelled their Apple Magazine subscription also.
I cancelled apple magazine
— shreylock ???? (@shreylock) August 18, 2021
A user took a entertaining jab and wrote, “An ‘Apple’ a day, keeps positivity away.”
An ‘Apple’ a day, keeps positivity away.
— Ishan Karve (@the_karve) August 18, 2021
A web page about fin-tech news posted a photo of Mr Musk’s Twitter deal with and wrote, “My news source.” A user replied to it, “Ha true, everything else is just noise.”
Ha correct , every thing else is just noise
— adam (@intelligent_consume) August 18, 2021
But a user discovered a tinge of hypocrisy in Mr Musk’s annoyance with Apple. The user pointed out that the tech giant may have cancelled the news app subscription, but he was nonetheless making use of the iPhone.
But nonetheless making use of iPhone ???? pic.twitter.com/RTs81Q9ox9
— Dhoni forever ❣️ ☭ (@zindagijhandbaa) August 18, 2021
Some asked Mr Musk about his favourite news app following opting out of Apple News.
What’s your favourite news supply? @elonmusk
— Dami Devineux (@StarBoy_09) August 18, 2021
Other followers recommended that Mr Musk should really turn the tables by producing a Tesla phone and “most importantly, OS.”
Most importantly OS
— Amit ⬢ (@CryptoWithAmit) August 18, 2021
Let us see how far the Tesla Giant goes to stand against Apple Inc in this tussle.