Many app developers, including Spotify and Epic Games, have battled Apple either in public or in court over the company's app store rules and control over its ecosystem. Zuckerberg has been one of the loudest critics of Apple in the past, but he has become even more antagonistic toward the company in recent public interviews. Sources told CNBC that it's all part of an effort to shift antitrust scrutiny off Meta and onto Apple.
In a January interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg claimed that Apple is becoming less innovative and that it's putting resources toward preventing third parties from creating hardware peripherals that integrate smoothly into Apple's mobile operating system.