According to Mark Zuckerberg, the lack of significant improvements in new models was the reason behind the poor sales of iPhones.
Meta On Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg attacked tech behemoth Apple, saying the firm lacks creativity and imposes arbitrary constraints on developers. Speaking on the ‘Joe Rogan Experience,’ Mr Zuckerberg praised iPhones for revolutionising global connectivity, but criticised Apple for failing to produce groundbreaking products in recent years.
“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,” Zuckerberg stated. However, they have used that platform to impose several regulations that, in my opinion, are arbitrary, and it seems to me that they haven’t really created anything noteworthy in a long time. Steve Jobs created the iPhone, and now, twenty years later, they’re essentially sitting on it.
Mr. Zuckerberg also claimed that the absence of significant improvements in the latest models was hurting iPhone sales. Instead, he said, Apple was making money by “squeezing people,” by charging developers a 30% commission and encouraging them to buy more accessories like AirPods.
“They build stuff like AirPods, which are cool, but they’ve just thoroughly hamstrung the ability for anyone else to build something that can connect to the iPhone in the same way,” he stated.
According to Mr. Zuckerberg, Meta’s earnings could treble if Apple ceased implementing its “random rules.”
The billionaire also questioned Apple’s security and privacy policies, which the corporation frequently uses as an excuse for its stringent regulations. He said that rather than limiting third-party developers, Apple could fix the problem by strengthening its protocols, such as employing encryption and bolstering security safeguards.
Mr. Zuckerberg stated, “You didn’t build any security into it, which is why it’s insecure.” “And now you’re using that as a justification for why only your product can connect in an easy way.”
Mr. Zuckerberg remarked, “I think the Vision Pro is, I think, one of the bigger swings at doing a new thing that they tried in a while,” in reference to the mixed reality headset that Apple has been selling poorly. “But I mean, the V1, it definitely did not hit it out of the park.”
