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As Facebook s CEO Gnashes his teeth, Apple commemorates Data Privacy Day by sharing a report titled A Day in the Life of Your Data
During yesterday s Financial Conference Call, Apple s CEO Tim Cook stated that Tomorrow is International Privacy Day, and we continue to set new standards to protect users right to privacy, not just for our own products,
but to be the ripple in the pond that moves the whole industry forward.
Yesterday Facebook s CEO lashed out at Apple during their Quarterly Earnings call by accusing Apple of squashing competition under the guise of privacy protection.
Zuckerberg ranted on about Apple becoming one of Facebook s biggest competitors and more. Back in October 2020 Patently Apple posted a report titled A Coalition of Trade Groups in online Advertising including Le Monde, Google & Facebook have filed an Antitrust Complaint against Apple.
Apple s CEO Tim Cook basically thinks that Facebook s attacks are Overkill
In late October a coalition of trade groups in online advertising including Le Monde, Google & Facebook filed an Antitrust Complaint against Apple over its plans to restrict trackers used for mobile advertising. This week Facebook went on the attack against Apple in two major newspaper ads that were placed with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington post (see 01 & 02).
As tense as the situation is, Apple s CEO thinks that Facebook s attacks are overkill; that the issue is not as grave as the ads portend. In a tweet posted late yesterday, Cook pointed out that Apple is only giving it s users a choice to allow or not allow ad tracking.
Facebook places ads attacking Apple s upcoming iPhone Privacy Feature in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal & Washington Post
In late October we reported that a coalition of trade groups in online advertising including Le Monde, Google & Facebook had filed an Antitrust Complaint against Apple in an effort to stop Apple s new iOS feature known as
App Tracking Transparency. A month later and Apple s SVP of Software Craig Federighi went on offence defending the new privacy feature saying that it was inline with Apple s long standing position on the matter dating back to the late 70 s with Apple II.