Privacy face-off between Apple and Facebook
Facebook and Apple have been engaged in a public battle over privacy for years now. Apple has criticized Facebook for collecting “as much data as possible from users” and pitched its privacy-focused features as a way for it to “stand up for our users” against companies like Facebook. Meanwhile, Facebook criticized Apple with a full-page ad in US newspapers due to the new App Store guidelines. Just yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg accused Apple of having “incentive to interfere” with Facebook for competitive reasons. Which side are you in? https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/28/report-facebook-building-antitrust-lawsuit-against-apple-over-ios-14-privacy-features/
Isn't that why you need to protect your empire by building phones. I am surprised FB did not see this day coming and I will argue this is probably why/how Android came into being.
I saw an interview on CNBC and the host asked if you had to make a choice to hold onto one thing , your iPhone or your FB/WA account, what would you chose. The answer was unanimous, “not leaving my iPhone, I can use Signal or other social media” If AAPL holds onto its principles, then FB has some serious troubles. Next Google might do the same to FB.
How will signal, other social media gonna survive without ads?
By charging a fee. Let’s say $5 per year. If they can get 1B users, that’s $5B annual revenue. Many people would pay $5 per year and not sell their privacy.