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Mark Zuckerberg saying Tim Cook 'had a bad week' is the latest in a long-running rivalry
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook have a long-standing feud, exchanging barbs over products and business models since 2014.
- Their rivalry intensified when Cook criticized Facebook's business model in 2014, emphasizing privacy and data collection concerns.
- The feud escalated following the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 when Cook and Zuckerberg exchanged critical remarks.
- Zuckerberg, unhappy with Apple's critiques, ordered employees to switch from iPhones to Android devices in response.
- The feud extended to Apple's App Store policies and privacy changes, with Zuckerberg criticizing Apple's monopoly rents and gatekeeper role.
- Apple's iOS updates and Facebook's objections to privacy changes led to billion-dollar impacts on Facebook's business.
- Cook and Zuckerberg continued their spats over privacy, advertising models, and AR/VR technologies in recent years.
- Zuckerberg criticized Apple's recent products and accused them of hindering innovation by not inventing significant technologies post-iPhone.
- The ongoing rivalry showcases differing views on data privacy, business practices, and product innovation between Meta and Apple.
- Zuckerberg's comments at the Stripe Sessions conference in May 2025 highlighted Meta's stance against competitor restrictions imposed by Apple and Google.
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