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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple's Privacy Changes are Self-Serving and Anti-Competitive

So I have been reading over the "Diary if Steve Jobs" (aka Fake Steve) blog, and at the top of the page I am on is a post about Facebook. The picture, with an added caption for the original blog post, is so relevant:

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Faceberg: We’re sorry. Really. Okay, not really.
 
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rmariboe said:
Zuckerberg is correct though, improving privacy is self-serving. It serves Apple and it serves all of Apple’s users - and the rest of the internet when this expands to Android.
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is there really an android?
seems to me one needs to go through google to install anything on a moto-phone.
 
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This just in: Intel CEO claims Apple using their own faster CPUs instead of buying and using slower ones from Intel is a self-serving profit-driven move that is ultimately anti-competitive because fewer people will want to buy products from their competitors.

Look: I’ve decided privacy is important to me and my family. Because of this, I won’t allow a Facebook or Amazon or Google listening device into my home (or more specifically “on my home network.”) Their whole business model is based on practically giving away the hardware and then making profits from ad revenue or services.

I like Apple products. I am what many would call an “Apple Fanboi.”

But here’s the thing: if Apple ever gets caught lying to me and is selling my data for its own profit, I will completely reevaluate my relationship with the company as a customer.

To me: it’s just good business sense on their part to keep the relationship we have going as is. There’s nothing illegal making the products I want to buy - even if that makes the underhanded tactics some other companies use to make money selling data ABOUT ME a bit more obvious.
 
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MacRumors said:


Facebook today shared its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2020, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's opening remarks were focused on Apple's upcoming anti-tracking privacy changes that will impact the advertising industry and companies like Facebook that rely heavily on online advertising.

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As highlighted by The Washington Post, Zuckerberg claimed that Apple is changing its privacy policy not to help people, but to further its own interests.

"Apple has every incentive to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work, which they regularly do," said Zuckerberg. "They say they are doing this to help people, but the moves clearly track their competitive interests."
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..Apple says that users should be aware of when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites, and should have the choice to opt in or opt out. "We believe that this is a matter of standing up for our users," Apple has said in response to Facebook's claims.

Article Link: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple's Privacy Changes are Self-Serving and Anti-Competitive
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Zuckerberg and Facebook are themselves peddling fake news here, as they imply that privacy protection cannot possibly be a business model.

The data vampire are wailing because they can’t find veins to sink their teeth into...

Facebook is more than rich enough to launch their own phone OS and App Store based on data rape. Let them go ahead and do it, instead of trying to con users of other OS’s out of the value of their data
 
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MacRumors said:


Facebook today shared its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2020, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's opening remarks were focused on Apple's upcoming anti-tracking privacy changes that will impact the advertising industry and companies like Facebook that rely heavily on online advertising.

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As highlighted by The Washington Post, Zuckerberg claimed that Apple is changing its privacy policy not to help people, but to further its own interests.

"Apple has every incentive to use their dominant platform position to interfere with how our apps and other apps work, which they regularly do," said Zuckerberg. "They say they are doing this to help people, but the moves clearly track their competitive interests."

Zuckerberg said that Facebook sees Apple as one of its biggest competitors, claiming that the privacy changes will help Apple services like iMessage and FaceTime that compete with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

"iMessage is a key linchpin of their ecosystem," said Zuckerberg. "It comes pre-installed on every iPhone and they preference it with private APIs and permissions, which is why iMessage is the most used messaging service in the U.S."

Zuckerberg also once again said that Apple's changes are going to impact small businesses, which is a claim that Facebook has been leaning on as it campaigns against Apple's planned changes. Facebook has previously published newspaper ads and shared blog posts explaining how Apple's iOS 14 ad-tracking changes will have a "harmful impact on many small businesses that are struggling to stay afloat."

Facebook has previously claimed that Apple's move is "about profit," and that it will leave apps and websites with no choice but to charge subscription fees or add in-app purchases to make ends meet, leading to increased App Store revenue.

Apple is not backing down despite Facebook's complaints and has plans to implement the new tracking rules in the near future. When made a requirement, apps that track usage through a random advertising identifier will need to ask users if they want to share their information for ad tracking purposes.

Advertisers use the random advertising identifier to serve up personalized ads and to track ad campaigns, but the ad industry expects that many people will opt not to share this information.

Apple says that users should be aware of when their data is being collected and shared across other apps and websites, and should have the choice to opt in or opt out. "We believe that this is a matter of standing up for our users," Apple has said in response to Facebook's claims.

Article Link: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple's Privacy Changes are Self-Serving and Anti-Competitive
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Zuckerberg is probably right when he says that it's in Apple's competitive self-interest to make these changes. However, it just so happens to be in our interest as well as consumers. Back to you Zuck.
 
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Osamede said:
Zuckerberg and Facebook are themselves peddling fake news her, as they imply that privacy protection cannot possibly be a business model.

The data vampire are wailing because they can’t find veins to sink their teeth into...

Facebook is more than rich enough to launch their own phone OS and App Store based on data rape. Let them go ahead and do it, instead of trying to con users of other OS’s out of the value of their data
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They tried that already. Fortunately it didn't work well.
 
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Facebook has done more damage to this country than FOX "News?" has. I rather know what companies are up to so I can make my own decision. I deleted all my Facebook accounts, I want nothing to do with them....ever.
 
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Sounds like he's trying align his argument to that of Epic Games? Uh... no.

To an identity thief going through someone's garbage for personal info, the company that makes paper shredders is self-interested competition? No...

This is bizarre....
 
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