Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is “like the opposite of Apple”, here's why

Mark Zuckerberg

In a podcast interview, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that he thinks that Meta is “like the opposite of Apple” in a lot of ways. The Facebook co-founder was speaking on the ‘Acquired’ podcast.

Zuckerberg voiced his thoughts on Apple’s strategy and said that “their stuff has worked too”. Here’s the statement he made: “I think in a lot of ways we’re like the opposite of Apple. Clearly, their stuff has worked well too. They take this approach that’s like, "We’re going to take a long time, we’re going to polish it, and we’re going to put it out." And maybe for the stuff that they’re doing that works, maybe that just fits with their culture.”

According to Zuckerberg, Meta doesn’t prefer the ‘long time’ strategy of Apple, and its focus is on “shipping and getting things out and getting feedback more than needing always to get great positive accolades from people when you put stuff out”.

“If you wait until you get praised all the time, you’re missing a bunch of the time when you could’ve learned a bunch of useful stuff and then incorporated that into the next version you’re going to ship,” Zuckerberg added.

It’s worth noting that Apple is way ahead of Meta when it comes to specifically making hardware and even if the iPhone maker takes time, it almost always comes up with a high-quality product that stands the test of time.

Zuckerberg also added in the interview that part of his goal for the next 10-15 years is to build the next generation of open platforms and make them win. In that way, he admitted that Apple, with its closed and integrated model, will be Meta's primary competitor.