Elon Musk criticizes the market and environmental practices of Apple:
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, took advantage of a conversation about the expansion of the electric car market to criticize the market practice of Apple. When asked what he thought about competitors using Tesla electric chargers to power other vehicles, the executive replied:
“I think we want to emphasize that our goal is to support the advent of sustainable energy […] It’s not about creating a closed system and using it to beat up our competitors, which is what some companies are doing.” Musk then pretended to cough and said: “Apple".
No environmental credentials
The iOS platform of Apple It is heavily criticized for being a “closed system”, in which the manufacturer has total control over what can or cannot be installed on the iPhone, in addition to forcing companies to use its App Store.
Criticism of the Apple didn't stop there. Elon Musk took advantage of the fact that Tesla batteries don't use cobalt and almost no nickel-based chemicals to remind us that Apple (which claims to be a sustainable company) uses these elements in its packaging. In the past, the handling of cobalt has been linked to human rights abuses. Elon Musk has stated: “On a weighted average basis, we might use 2% cobalt versus, say, 100% cobalt in Apple".
Apple and Tesla have had disputes in the past, poaching employees from each other as the iPhone and MacBook maker planned its entry into the electric car market, even hiring former employees of Musk's automaker. At the time, the executive said that: "If you can't stay at Tesla, go work at Apple".
Married competition
In addition to Elon Musk's statements, the last few days have been marked by other technology market agents criticizing the Apple and Google. A leaked document from the lawsuit Epic Games vs. Google accuses the companies of joint practices that strengthen their duopoly of 99% of the global smartphone market.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accused companies of contributing to the existence of spyware like Pegasus, application used by gIsrael's government to spy on adversaries around the world. According to the executive, companies leave weaknesses in Android and iOS at the request of the United States government.
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