9/14/2026
Tech Pulse · ai
Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI just moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Apple
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X Corp and SpaceXAI have moved to dismiss their year-old lawsuit against Apple, which alleged the iPhone maker suppressed apps like Grok on the App Store. The voluntary withdrawal reads less like a legal vindication and more like a strategic retreat, closing a chapter in Musk's long-running, highly theatrical feud with Apple over app distribution and commission policies. Whether this signals a quiet settlement or simply a recalibration of legal priorities, the move is a reminder that Musk's courtroom offensives are often more about leverage than litigation.
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The lawsuit's quiet death is far more telling than its noisy birth. When Musk's companies filed suit last year, the accusation — that Apple was "suppressing" Grok through App Store policies — always felt like a stretch. Apple's content moderation rules are blunt instruments, and Grok's troubles were more plausibly a function of its deliberately edgy, unmoderated outputs than a coordinated conspiracy. Yet the filing served its purpose: it framed Musk as the champion of open AI against a closed, fee-hungry duopoly. The dismissal, reported by Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2257929/elon-musk-x-corp-and-spacexai-just-moved-to-dismiss-their-lawsuit-against-apple/), now frames him as something
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