Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.
James Martin
The public dispute between Facebook and Apple keep on heating.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear before he is satisfied with Apple’s upcoming privacy update that will encourage users to allow apps, including the social network he co-founded, to allow their activities on other apps and on to follow the internet. Apple, on the other hand, said the change was intended to give users more control over their data. Apple is expected to roll out the change in early spring.
On Thursday, Zuckerberg reiterated his concern about Apple’s update in a discussion of the audio app invitation club Clubhouse, pointing out that the update could hurt small businesses and developers more than Facebook, which earns billions of dollars from advertising every quarter.
“The reality is that I am confident that we will be able to handle the situation well and that we will be in a good position. I think it is possible that we will be in an even stronger position if Apple’s changes encourage more. businesses to trade on our platforms, “he said. However, Zuckerberg expects small businesses and developers to navigate through the changes more difficult.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in Clubhouse on Thursday. This was the second time he had participated in an interview in the audio app that can only be used for invitations.
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Facebook is not the only company that has a meat at Apple. Zuckerberg was added by Spotify CEO Daniel I, who said the music streaming service is a antitrust complaint against the European Commission against Apple in 2019. The complaint is partly about the 30% saving on all in-app purchases by Apple.
“My opinion is that it is very harmful, not only for Spotify, but also for the whole broader ecosystem of app developers and creators, and that is also why we have lodged the formal complaint,” I said.
Based on I’s comments, Zuckerberg added that Facebook ‘had to go back and forth with Apple for a long time’ to prevent the iPhone maker from taking a cut from a news product that Facebook built and other features during the social pandemic network did not. t take out an income share. “I do think it’s a big problem,” he said.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In November, Apple announced that it would reduce its App Store commission to 15% for small businesses earning up to $ 1 million a year as part of a new program.
Zuckerberg and I participate in a show at Clubhouse called PressClub presented by Josh Constine, head of content at the San Francisco venture capital firm SignalFire.