According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, his company must “hurt” competitor Apple. He told this to staff during a private meeting, said insiders opposite The Wall Street Journal.
With this, the CEO wants to oppose recent actions by Apple, which will limit the use of private data. Applications such as those of Facebook must ask for permission before they can process information. According to Apple, this is necessary to protect user privacy.
Facebook recently placed full-page ads in US newspapers, criticizing the new policy at Apple. Small business owners would suffer from the policy, the tech giant thinks. They would no longer be able to advertise properly on Facebook.
It is unclear exactly how Zuckerberg intends to damage his competitor. In previous internal emails, Zuckerberg would have suggested releasing apps first for Android and later for iPhones, but that has not been done to date.
Facebook would also have trouble releasing app updates, because Apple would take a long time to approve them. An update cannot be released until an Apple employee takes a look at it. Zuckerberg would suspect Apple boss Tim Cook of blocking the updates.
‘This is not a personal matter for Facebook’
A Facebook spokesperson denies to the newspaper that the fight between Apple and Facebook is personal, and reiterates that Facebook is committed to small business owners and developers affected by the privacy policy.
“Apple claims it is a privacy issue, but it is really about profit,” said the spokesman. “We want to draw attention to this abuse of power.”
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