Apple Deals With European Regulation by Blasting Meta

Here’s an idea. Instead of Donald Trump letting Elon Musk crash every dinner and phone call Trump has with tech CEOs, how about he invites Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to jointly dine with him? Maybe the incoming president could sort out the two companies’ differences.

Tensions between Apple and Meta date back a while, of course, but Apple’s diatribe against Meta this week was particularly aggressive. The iPhone maker published a paper all but accusing Meta of abusing efforts by European regulators to require Apple devices to work seamlessly with other devices. “Meta has made 15 requests (and counting) for potentially far-reaching access to Apple’s technology stack that, if granted as sought, would reduce the protections around personal data that our users have come to expect,” Apple said.