‘Apple’s policies crushed Facebook’s viral games like FarmVille,’ says Mark Zuckerberg

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has blamed Apple’s strict App Store policies for the decline of Facebook’s popular games and apps, such as the once-viral FarmVille. In a recent interview with tech writer Ben Thompson fromStratechery, Zuckerberg looked back at how Facebook’s app and game platform thrived on desktop computers in the late 2000s but struggled as people moved to smartphones, reportedMacrumors.

“The original Facebook platform was really built for the web, before mobile became big,” Zuckerberg said. “When people started using mobile more, Apple told us, ‘You can’t have apps inside your app.’ That hurt something that had grown to be an important part of our business.”