For years, signs of discord have brewed between Facebook and Apple. Their chief executives, Apple’s Tim Cook and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have periodically taken thinly veiled shots at each other. In turn, Mr. Zuckerberg has retorted: “You think because you’re paying Apple that you’re somehow in alignment with them? If you were in alignment with them, then they’d make their products a lot cheaper.”But now Apple is making changes that threaten Facebook’s business — and the fight has intensified. On Wednesday, Facebook went on the offensive to forestall Apple’s changes.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2020 21:41 UTC