Posted on 11/28/2022 9:16:10 PM PST by SmokingJoe
The dispute between the world's richest man and the world's biggest corporation spills into the open.
It was inevitable.
The rivalry between Elon Musk, the world's most influential CEO, and Apple (AAPL) - Get Free Report, the biggest company, was going to turn into an all-out fight between two brands that don't want to share the throne of innovation
Musk, the richest man in the world, is a visionary who believes he has no rival and has still always been jealous of the cult of Apple.
The iPhone maker enjoys its reputation as the most revolutionary company, and its iconic co-founder, Steve Jobs, remains one of the most respected innovators.
Musk and his Tesla (TSLA) - Get Free Report and SpaceX believe they have done much more to transform the world in recent years than has Apple, which since the iPhone has only released the Apple Watch and possibly the iPad.
For a long time the rivals never turned to direct confrontation, preferring to confront each other indirectly. But when Musk became the owner of Twitter (TWTR) - Get Free Report on Oct. 27, the confrontation became inevitable.
That's because Apple is an app distributor, and its content policy diverges with the approach of Musk, who regards himself as a "free-speech absolutist" even when it comes to hate speech.
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Just implying that the invention and the broad application of the silicon chip in many endeavors has been the most revolutionary development in the last fifty years. It has spawned a technology and society that before its invention could only be imagined in science and political fiction.
Modern culture and its derivative behaviors would not exist without the silicon chip. It has changed almost everything.
Reminder ...Musk also founded PayPal so the banking part should be trivial😀
Apple, with their Chinese workers.
True - worked in communications for over 40 years and saw great advances as they happened.
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