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Elon Musk Sues Apple and OpenAI Over Alleged App Store Conspiracy Against X and Grok
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Grandiose claims with no facts behind it, sounds familiar.
Ok ok ... Tim will send over a gold & glass statue to YOU too Elmo.
So this afternoon we should expect an article saying that Musk sued Google for manipulating their Trends ... would only be "logical" for him...
It would be deliciously ironic if Elon were to win this suit, but then be forced to open up the Tesla dashboard to Carplay, Android Auto, and sideloading apps with full access to all sensors.
That's not how it works. LOL. You even mentioned DeepSeek reaching #1. Look at DeepSeek vs ChatGPT on the trends. DeepSeek never exceeded ChatGPT on the trends chart but was #1 on the App Store. Yet Grok in Worldwide AND USA segments more than doubled DeepSeek on trends. 🤦♂️
Hmmm... The Apple App Store must put our products on their shelf -- only in the tech arena!
It's unfortunate that Robert A. Heinlein didn't trademark "Grok." It's a shame that it's used by Elon, who is possibly the anti-Heinlein.
I can't say I've used Grok very much but I've seen the reports about Grok's Ani and it basically sounds like a Waifu app. I'd like Siri to be more useful, but not sure that replacing her with Ani is something that Tim Cook will be allowing anytime soon.
It should be noted that Elon is also suing a bunch of companies in an effort to force them to buy ads on X.
arstechnica.com
Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.
Here’s the “least silly way” to wrap your head around the FTC’s war over X ads.
arstechnica.com
Let’s be clear, this has nothing to do with the law. This is just Elon wanting his friends in powerful places to force the hand of others for his own benefit. Despicable.
Other apps do appear in the App Store. Elon is mad that they're not on Apple's "Must Have" list.
My response was to support the fact hardly anybody has heard of Grok or uses Grok.
You have presidents, prime ministers, and general secretaries mentioning ChatGPT and DeepSeek. You have news channels and sites talking about how OpenAI's moat might be threatened. From a global perspective, hardly anybody uses Grok.
You should read up on the DMA. Not appearing on Apple's editorial "Must Have" app list isn't gatekeeping.
It does appear in the App Store. It does NOT appear in the favorable, 'free' advertising that Apple does in the App Store. Apple doesn't put sleazy, porn like apps in their "Must have" list either.
Grok
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'
On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.
www.npr.org
What happened when Grok praised Hitler
The Atlantic Writer Charlie Warzel on his new reporting about Elon Musk, Grok and why a chatbot called for a new Holocaust.
www.npr.org
NSFW mode video 'feature'
Surprising no one, Grok's image and video generator now has an NSFW 'spicy' mode
Grok Imagine is big on sexually explicit content.
That kind of stuff isn't going to land you on Apple's top 10 wholesome list. It just is not.
X has very similar problems. 'X' isn't all that far from 'XXX'.
[ these are a bit coupled as Grok sucks in more X content to learn from... going to pick up same inclinations as X discussion threads. ]
There is no 'anticompetitive' issue here at all. What Musk is seeking here is a 'handout' of free advertising. If not getting goverment handouts (subsidies , regulation easements , etc) then wants to get them for other large corps. If either business was making money they could buy their own adversing. Perhaps even from Apple. What he is seeking is to spend less. That has diddly-squat to do with real competition.
Back him? The EU is trying to fine him.
Understanding the EU's Digital Services Act Enforcement Against X | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press Associate Editor Ramsha Jahangir writes that EU action against X could further escalate the ongoing tension between the EU and the US.
www.techpolicy.press
"Oh Apple. the EU thinks you should put this billion dollar violator on your top 10 list". Probably not going to happen.
It isn't about 'like' of Musk. It is about Musk periodically spewing BS . The EU doesn't want it any more than Apple does.
Apple absolutely collects data. They tend to anonymous the data, but they do collect from users. If click all the default install options there is data collected.
Apple ABSOLUTELY cashes that billion dollar check from Google every year for selling/pimping out the user base one search default. For all practical purpose Apple and Google are joint owners of that enterprise.
I'm responding to your use of Google Trends to support the idea that Grok isn't popular. Google Trends showing DeepSeek at a lower trend compared to Grok, yet it reached #1. Therefore it invalidates the Google Trends evidence.
The US should have done this for German automakers after the EU forced Apple to open up their ecosystem.
Only seems fair.