Mark Zuckerberg Criticizes Apple’s Locked Ecosystem

In an interview with The Verge, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he believes Meta’s VR ecosystem is better than what Apple has been working on.

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Zuckerberg is advocating for an open ecosystem for the metaverse.

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Zuckerberg said that they are in a “philosophical competition” with Apple as both companies have a different vision for metaverse.

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Meta CEO argued that the metaverse should be “interoperable” and built by many different developers and companies.

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According to Mark Zuckerberg, Apple tries to lock their users in its ecosystem.

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Meta unveiled its new virtual reality headset on Tuesday.

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Earlier, Apple CEO Tim Cook had said they hesitate to use the word “Metaverse” talking about Meta.

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