The founder and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has once again criticised Apple for its App Store content control procedures, calling them “a conflict of interest” amid the continuing spat between Elon Musk and the iPhone manufacturer.
Zuckerberg stated that “it is troublesome for one firm to be able to dictate what app experiences wind up on a smartphone” when speaking at the New York Times DealBook conference.
According to him, Apple receives the “vast majority of profits in the mobile ecosystem.”
The CEO of Meta commented on Musk being the new owner of Twitter, saying “it’ll be extremely interesting to see how this plays out.”
Musk claimed on Thursday that he and Apple CEO Tim Cook had “resolved” their disagreements regarding the possibility of the microblogging service being taken down from the App Store.
Apple and Meta (previously Facebook) are at odds over revisions to iOS and the App Store’s privacy settings.
After Apple implemented strict privacy changes in its App Store, Facebook is working to fix its ad-tracking algorithms.
As part of iOS 14.5 in 2021, Apple added the “Ask App not to Track” prompt, which had a big impact on many businesses. One such company is Meta, which predicted that the privacy changes to Apple’s iOS will cost it a staggering $10 billion in 2022.
In April 2021, Apple released iOS 14.5 with the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature, which has had an impact on tech giants’ digital advertising.
In less than a year, the market valuation of the company (Meta) has decreased by over $600 billion as a result of Apple’s privacy decision, according to a WSJ report.
The company has “made major adjustments over the past five years to protect people’s data while simultaneously allowing businesses of all kinds to expand,” according to a Meta representative.