Apple Throws Shade at Facebook Parent Company Meta

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As one of the biggest tech companies in the world and host to one of the most prolific mobile gaming platforms, Apple has seen its fair share of major quarrels with big-name companies in recent years over the App Store. The highly-publicized dispute between Apple and Epic Games saw massively popular battle royale Fortnite pulled from the App Store, with Apple recently confirming it has no plans to re-introduce the game to the platform in the near future. Now, it appears Facebook's parent company Meta is the next big name in the tech giant's sights.

Facebook first unveiled its fresh rebranding as «Meta» late last year with the parent company of the popular social network announcing its shifted focus towards the development of the «metaverse» while the online platform would continue to operate under the Facebook branding. A recent announcement from Meta earlier this week introduced the idea of the company allowing creators to monetize their products within the metaverse, though with a hefty buy-in for those creators. Now, Apple's Senior Director of Corporate Communications Fred Sainz has come forward with some scathing criticism for the bold decision.

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In an email correspondence with MarketWatch, Sainz was heavily critical of the commission fee Meta would be charging creators to sell their products, calling the 47.5% kickback to Meta «hypocritical» as Facebook had previously criticized Apple for its 30% rates. He went on to accuse the company of taking advantage of the creators and small businesses that use the Meta platform through the high rates while simultaneously railing against Apple for its markedly lower rates. The announcement from Meta comes just months after CEO Mark