As Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) faces antitrust investigations by regulators, the CEOs of the companies trade stimuli, which increases a years-long tension between the two technical CEOs.
Facebook on Apple: On Thursday, it was reported that Facebook is closer to filing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
Facebook accuses Apple of forcing developers to follow rules regarding ads in the App Store that Apple does not follow.
The case could also cover Facebook’s frustration that Apple users should use Apple’s iMessage as the default messaging service instead of other services like WhatsApp.
In Facebook’s third quarter conference on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opposed Apple’s iMessage for “storing end-to-end encrypted backup of your messages unless you turn off iCloud.”
Zuckerberg cited WhatsApp for its security features, which he said are “much better”.
Apple on Facebook: During the conference on computers, privacy and data protection on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook attacked social media platforms for allowing the sharing of ‘conspiracy theories and violent incitement simply because of their high level of involvement.’
Although he did not specifically name Facebook, he accused social media platforms of spreading anti-vaccination conspiracies as well as extremist groups using the platforms to incite violence.
What’s next: The two technology giants clearly have very different views on how data and information should be handled on the internet. Facebook prefers a more open and less regulated approach, while Apple believes that social media platforms should take responsibility for the information available to its users.
However, if the past is a prediction of the future, it does not look like the battle will end anytime soon.
Apple CEO Tim Cook. Thanks to photo.
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