Elon Musk targets Apple in lawsuit threat claiming poor App Store ranking of Grok

Elon Musk alleged that the App Store refused to prominently feature X and the AI chatbot Grok, in the Apple App Store's promoted list of apps.

"Hey @Apple – App Store, why do you refuse to put either 𝕏 or Grok in your 'Must Have' section when 𝕏 is the #1 news app in the world and Grok is #5 among all apps?"

-- Elon Musk/X

Apple entered a collaboration with OpenAI (Grok and xAI's competitor) in 2024 that uses OpenAI's technology to run Apple's branded Apple Intelligence.

Why Elon Musk is threatening to sue Apple over Grok's App Store ranking - Yahoo! Finance

Apple rejects Elon Musk's App Store bias claims - BBC

Musk says xAI to take legal action against Apple over App Store rankings | Reuters

Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings | The Verge

Elon Musk on X: "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation. xAI will take immediate legal action." / X

X Freeze on X: "Apple's deal with ChatGPT might include back door exposure to ChatGPT as there is clearly no payment involved between but mutual offerings as a transaction GROK currently offers a far better service and has the highest ratings on the App Store... Yet Apple favors ChatGPT https://t.co/cfDSTUokRK" / X