Blog #63: After Elon Musk, Apple co-founder deleted Facebook

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has raised concerns over privacy.

"Users give more details about their life to Facebook . Then Facebook makes money from this data. All of Facebook's profits come from user information, and users are not benefiting, "Steve Wozniak said in an e-mail.

Steve Wozniak stated that he wanted to pay for using Facebook instead of using it for free but exchanging personal information for the advertiser.

" Apple can make money from good products, not from user information. As always, you are the product of Facebook, "said Steve Wozniak.

Steve Wozniak is the latest influencer in the tech world calling for the removal of Facebook.

Apple leaders are prejudiced against Facebook
Steve Wozniak's surprise announcement comes as Facebook is having trouble with the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The latest information shows that 87 million Facebook users, most in the United States, are exploited by Cambridge Analytica personal information. The previous figure was 50 million.

Late last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook also suddenly criticized Facebook.

In an interview with MSNBC , when asked to address the current crisis, if Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook short answer: "I simply never let myself fall into that situation."

Tim Cook boasted that Apple has a strict product approval policy to ensure that they do not exploit user information.

Tim Cook also questioned the monetization of user data for today's social networking sites.

Tim Cook set the tone for his fight with Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg later responded to Tim Cook, calling Apple's CEO "extremely ridiculous."

Facebook bosses say a service that serves billions of people can not be completely free, something must be exchanged. Zuckerberg states that users must accept personal information being sold for advertising if they want to use Facebook for free.

Steve Wozniak wants to boycott Google
Facebook and Instagram are still the most popular social networking platforms. According to a recent Jefferies survey , 93% of Americans are using Facebook. This number with Instagram is 50%.

Wozniak is one of the celebrities calling for the removal of Facebook. Earlier, Elon Musk has tweaked the Facebook social network accounts of Telsa and SpaceX.

Even Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, a $ 19 billion acquisition of Facebook apps in 2014, also called for Facebook to be deleted.

Facebook CEO to testify in US Congress this week. Zuckerberg refuses to call for his resignation.

Wozniak disabled his personal Facebook account yesterday after leaving the message: "I'm leaving Facebook. It brings me more negative than positive. Apple has a safer way to share user information. Of course, I still use old e-mail and SMS. "

In an email to USA Today , Wozniak said he became more alert to Facebook's data collection program. Prior to disabling Facebook accounts, Apple co-founder deleted many important personal information.

"I was surprised to see lots of information being shared for advertising and many ad units looking at it. I feel this is not what Facebook users want, "Wozniak said.

Facebook is not the only name boycott Wozniak. Speaking at an international business conference last week in Montreal, Canada, co-founder Apple said he wanted to stay away from Google.

Wozniak criticized the large-scale data collection activities of the two companies, mainly for the purpose of advertising money.

**Elon Musk deletes Tesla and SpaceX Facebook accounts**. Founder Elon Musk hardly deleted the fanpage of the two companies Tesla and SpaceX without much thought.