Марк Цукерберг / Подкаст Джо Рогана
In Joe Rogan’s podcast, Mark Zuckerberg made several interesting statements, among other things, paying great attention to Apple.
In the opinion of the CEO of Meta, the company has not been creating anything interesting for a long time and is just resting on the laurels of its founder:
“They haven’t invented anything great for a long time. It was Steve Jobs who invented the iPhone, and now they just sit on it for 20 years”.
Zuckerberg’s animosity towards Apple did not materialize out of thin air. Meta was dragged into a years-long battle with the tech giant over its controversial 30% App Store transaction fee, which the Facebook owner calls an “arbitrary tax”, and also suffered from recent Apple features to protect tracking on iOS devices, which dealt a significant blow to Zuckerberg’s company’s targeted advertising capabilities.
“They squeeze people with this 30% tax, while simultaneously forcing you to buy more peripherals and things that connect to them,” Zuckerberg noted.
The CEO of Meta complains that Apple uses security and privacy as an excuse to hinder competitors from joining its ecosystem.
“You didn’t build in any security measures. And now you use this as an excuse why only your product can easily connect,” he said.
Zuckerberg cited a personal example with Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, which they are trying to ensure easy integration with iPhone. Mark also emphasized that if his company can circumvent Apple’s “arbitrary rules” regarding hardware integration, it could double their profits.
At the same time, Zuckerberg noted a significant step by Apple towards innovation in the development of Vision Pro, which at the same time did not gain great popularity.
“I think Vision Pro is one of the biggest steps in creating new things from Apple. I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this, as we ourselves are making some products where the first version doesn’t always turn out well. The debut product definitely didn’t impress, but I heard Vision Pro is not bad for watching movies.”
Let us remind you that Meta recently announced plans to abandon internal diversity (DEI) programs due to a “change in the political landscape”.