Mark Zuckerberg says Apple has stopped coming up with new ideas and is just making money off the iPhone’s success. The Meta boss shared these thoughts during a long chat with Joe Rogan on his podcast.
“Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later,” Zuckerberg said, suggesting that fewer people are buying new iPhones because each new version isn’t much better than the last.
He thinks Apple is making up for falling iPhone sales by charging app makers too much money. “They do it by basically like squeezing people and having this 30 percent tax on developers,” he explained.
Zuckerberg is particularly upset about how Apple won’t let other companies’ devices work smoothly with iPhones. He pointed to AirPods as an example, saying Apple blocks other companies from using the same connection technology. “If they did, there would probably be much better competitors to AirPods out there,” he said.
He also took a shot at Apple’s new VR headset, saying their “$3,500” Vision Pro isn’t as good as Meta’s much cheaper headset. Though he admitted Apple might improve, saying “their second and third version will probably be better than their first version.”
When Meta tried to get its Ray-Ban smart glasses to work better with iPhones, Apple said no. Zuckerberg claims Apple used security as an excuse: “It’s insecure because you didn’t build any security into it. And then now you’re using that as a justification for why only your product can connect in an easy way.”
Zuckerberg says that Apple will “get beat by someone” due to being “off their game in terms of not releasing innovative things.”
“Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they’re just kind of sitting on it 20 years later,” Zuckerberg said, suggesting that fewer people are buying new iPhones because each new version isn’t much better than the last.
He thinks Apple is making up for falling iPhone sales by charging app makers too much money. “They do it by basically like squeezing people and having this 30 percent tax on developers,” he explained.
Zuckerberg is particularly upset about how Apple won’t let other companies’ devices work smoothly with iPhones. He pointed to AirPods as an example, saying Apple blocks other companies from using the same connection technology. “If they did, there would probably be much better competitors to AirPods out there,” he said.
He also took a shot at Apple’s new VR headset, saying their “$3,500” Vision Pro isn’t as good as Meta’s much cheaper headset. Though he admitted Apple might improve, saying “their second and third version will probably be better than their first version.”
When Meta tried to get its Ray-Ban smart glasses to work better with iPhones, Apple said no. Zuckerberg claims Apple used security as an excuse: “It’s insecure because you didn’t build any security into it. And then now you’re using that as a justification for why only your product can connect in an easy way.”
Zuckerberg says that Apple will “get beat by someone” due to being “off their game in terms of not releasing innovative things.”
