CARY – Elon Musk declared his support of Epic Games in its antitrust suit against Apple on Friday, triggering a wave of news and reaction across Twitter and internet news feeds that continues today.

Here’s the Tweet that started the latest cycle of headlines, laying bare Musk’s ongoing differences with Apple:

Media outlets from The Wall Street Journal to Macrumors and C/Net have given the tweet a lot of attention, diving deeper into the Musk-Apple disputes.

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Epic and Apple are waiting for a decision in their lawsuit where a verdict could come soon from a federal judge in California that heard the case. The two companies also are squared off in court in Australia. Epic is taking on Google, too, the key issue being 30% fees charged in the tech giants’ app stores for purchases.

This is not the first time Musk has talked about Epic and its powerhouse title Fortnite as these two headlines from WRAL TechWire’s archives show:

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Check out these stories that followed Musk’s latest Epic tweet:

  • From MacRumors:

Elon Musk: Apple’s App Store Fees Are a ‘De Facto Global Tax on the Internet’

  • From Wall Street Journal:

Elon Musk Sides With ‘Fortnite’-Maker Epic in Battle Over Apple App Store Fees

  • From Washington Post:

Elon Musk just sided against Apple in one of the biggest tech showdowns of the year

  • From C/Net:

Elon Musk weighs in on Epic Games v. Apple suit

  • From Reuters:

Musk says “Epic is right,” takes sides in battle with Apple

Epic is based in Cary, is privately held, and is in the process of building a new headquarters on the site of Cary Towne Center.