• udon@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Most reasonable explanation for this crap I heard:

    1. facebook is just a website that makes money through tracking and ads
    2. people need to use a device to access facebook, so they can get tracked and see ads
    3. apple and google own all your devices and started to block tracking and ads (except their own)
    4. Zuck saw a risky chance by investing in VR. The vision was to get everyone on their VR platform so they can continue to track you and show you ads
    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Now the vision is to get everyone on their AR platform so they can continue to track you and show you ads through your smart glasses.

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      16 hours ago

      cuckedberg bet that VR headsets were going to take over, which even back in 2018 seemed far fetched. He’d have had a better chance to fortify his stranglehold by spending all that money making fb’s own custom android and securing deals with phone manufacturers.

      • VitoRobles@lemmy.today
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        12 hours ago

        These tech bros call them moonshots.

        Which I can see them repurposing all the Metaverse stuff into glasses.

        But not that I would touch that and feed the Zuck machine.