Zuckerberg responds to Apple’s privacy policies: “We need to inflict pain”

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Enlarge / Facebook co-founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after testifying before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018, in Washington, DC. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees close to him, "we need to inflict pain" on Apple for comments by Apple CEO Tim Cook that Zuckerberg described as "extremely glib."

This and other insights into an ongoing rift between the two companies appeared in a report in The Wall Street Journal this weekend. The article indicates that based on first-hand reports, Zuckerberg has taken Cook and Apple's public criticisms of Facebook's privacy policies, whether direct or indirect, as personal affronts.

For example, Cook publicly responded to Facebook's 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal by saying such a scandal would never happen to Apple because Apple does not treat its customers like products. When asked what he would do in Zuckerberg's position, he said, "I wouldn't be in this situation," calling Facebook's approach "an invasion of privacy." This was one of the comments that has led Zuckerberg to see Apple as an opponent.

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[chscag]

Facebook vs Apple. Should be interesting.

As far as any "inflicting pain" is concerned, the real pain is Zuckerberg.

 

[Okla]

Facebook vs Apple. Should be interesting.

As far as any "inflicting pain" is concerned, the real pain is Zuckerberg.

I definitely second that. Talk about an over-educated, over-indulged curse to the American public.

 

[RobinWhite90]

Facebook: the social media version of the nosey neighbor always peeking in your windows and crashing your backyard barbeque.

 

[pm-r]

Facebook vs Apple. Should be interesting.

As far as any "inflicting pain" is concerned, the real pain is Zuckerberg.

+1, and I wonder if the guy will ever grow up, or even mature from being an immature A.H.???

If he can't stand the heat, then get out of the kitchen, or maybe the laundry room as the case may be... ?


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[Rod]

Facebook vs Apple. Should be interesting.

As far as any "inflicting pain" is concerned, the real pain is Zuckerberg.

Yes, 100% on that. They've had it too good for too long.

 

[harryb2448]

Watchit you guys. Sounds an excellent candidate for the Presidency!!!!!

 

[Rod]

Well, they have tried most other professions, why not the head of a social media company?

 

[OpenZ]

Nothing like a high tech D measuring competition.