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- The Facebook vs. Apple cold war might get hot pretty soon if reports that Facebook is about to sue Apple over the iPhone maker's new iOS 14 software are to be believed.
- A forthcoming Apple software update will make it easier for iPhone users to stop apps like Facebook from tracking them around the web.
- Facebook is reportedly planning to sue Apple over this and over App Store rules that the social network says disadvantage Apple rivals.
The Facebook vs Apple spat over data privacy that's been simmering for years might end up in a courtroom soon.
Both companies' CEOs this week have continued taking swipes at the other, as they've been doing for months now, over their competing approaches to privacy and user tracking. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for example, told analysts during the social network's latest quarterly earnings presentation this week that Apple's whole philosophy around privacy is not as virtuous as it sounds -- that it's really just about helping Apple's business. “Apple may say they’re doing this to help people, but the moves clearly track with their competitive interests," Zuckerberg said during the company's earnings call. Apple CEO Tim Cook, meanwhile, eviscerated Facebook's approach to privacy in a speech Thursday as part of the EU's Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference, without even calling out Facebook by name.
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