Mark Zuckerberg Slams Apple’s Lack Of Innovation
Mark Zuckerberg has slammed tech giant Apple for lackluster innovation efforts and “random rules” in a lengthy podcast interview on Friday.
Zuckerberg said in an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, “On the one hand, the iPhone has been great, because now pretty much everyone in the world has a phone, and that’s kind of what enables pretty amazing things, But on the other hand… they have used that platform to put in place a lot of rules that I think feel arbitrary and feel like they haven’t really invented anything great in a while. It’s like Steve Jobs invented the iPhone, and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later.”
Zuckerberg added that he thought iphone sales were struggling because consumers are taking longer to upgrade their phones because new models aren’t big improvements from prior iterations.
Apple defends itself from pushback from other companies by saying that it doesn’t want to violate consumers’ privacy and security, according to Zuckerberg. But he said that the problem would be solved if Apple fixed its protocol, like building better security and using encryption.
Zuckerberg said that if Apple stopped applying its “random rules,” Meta’s profit would double.
He also took shots at Apple’s vision pro headset, which had disappointing U.S. sales. Meta sells its virtual headsets called the Meta Quest.
