[mass_and_energy]

"Last month, Meta-owned WhatsApp said it would join Apple’s legal challenge, in a rare collaboration between the Silicon Valley rivals".

Apple makes home computers, mobile devices, AV equipment and productivity/multimedia software.

Meta makes social media platforms, and vr headsets. What exactly makes them "rivals"? WhatsApp vs iMessage? They're two big companies in the same sector, sure, but do they really compete against each other in a major way?

[Urahandystar]

Ad networks, Apple recently launched it own smaller one and nerfed Meta's data collection ability.