Android Use "Purely On Merit": Facebook After Reports Of Snub To Apple

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered his management team to use only Android phones after his tiff with Apple CEO Tim Cook, the social media
network today said the decision to use Android is because it is the most popular operating system in the world.The New York Times yesterday
said that "after Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, quipped in an interview that his company did not traffic in personal data, Mr Zuckerberg
ordered his management team to use only Android phones".In a statement today, Facebook said Mr Zuckerberg's disagreement with Mr Cook is
only over the business model."Tim Cook has consistently criticised our business model and Mark has been equally clear he disagrees
use Android because it is the most popular operating system in the world," the social networking giant added.In a Recode and MSNBC interview
in March this year, Mr Cook had called for increased regulation of social media, and questioned the practice of monetising user data on free
platforms by selling ads that allow advertisers to target specific groups.The Apple CEO was asked how he would handle the crisis Facebook is
facing."I wouldn't be in this situation," he said."The truth is, we could make a ton of money if we monetised our customer If our customer
was our product, We've elected not to do that."Reacting to Mr Cook's remarks, Mr Zuckerberg had said his remarks about the social networking
giant were "extremely glib".Mr Zuckerberg said that Facebook remains free to use because it's focused on connecting people and many people
can't afford to pay, therefore, "having an advertising-supported model is the only rational model that can support building this service to
reach people".