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Meta going all in on VR has me puzzled. Literally billions of dollars spent (so far) on technology that few people even care about. And this is all they have to show for it so far lmao.

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Big tech companies like Meta and Google have literally too much money. They're perfectly content throwing away money on flash-in-the-pan failures if there's a chance it takes off and becomes the next big thing. Even if nine projects crash and burn, if that tenth blows up, it'll be worth it in the end.

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Pretty much, remember Google+?

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I miss Google+ like you wouldn't believe :marseysadcat:

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I unironically used it

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Have Meta had a single hit yet though? At least some of Google's stuff has worked out

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FB Marketplace, buying Insta and WhatsApp?

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Marketplace is a good one actually, I hadn't thought about that. Instagram and Whatsapp were already massive when FB bought them so I'd put them under a different category

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I see how this can be profitable in the long term, since it's turning life into a gacha game, but I don't know how they'll be able to get enough people to adopt it. Buying a $200 headset for uncanny valley VR Chat doesn't have the same appeal as getting waifu pngs on a phone you already have. Now, if they were to go full SAO and make a VR MMORPG, I might just have to take the blue pill.

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once i can buy a fully simulated realistic vr frick machine i'll be all in

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Truly the s*x drive is the only thing that can rival hunger and ego in motivational power.

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Tech companies aren't about turning a profit, they're about selling investors on vague promises of stratospheric growth. Burning billions on an r-slured moonshot > admitting "sorry guys, userbase is pretty stagnant so don't expect much stock movement" at the next quarterly meeting.

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