Facebook's “see no evil” strategy

Re:Facebook's “see no evil” strategy by xmprt on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:06PM (#27846995)

Their solution to this is VR which is really smart but who know if it's too little, too late.

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Re:Facebook's “see no evil” strategy by mullingitover on Thursday July 15, 2021 @01:10PM (#27847058)

The VR stuff has the same energy as "The Titanic's crew has announced the installation of an amazing collection of trendy new Louis Vuitton deck chairs with an exciting new arrangement, and insists that the minor iceberg collision will be resolved soon."

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Re:Facebook's “see no evil” strategy by jmcgough on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:35PM (#27850917)

Their solution to an aging userbase is buying out competitors (instagram, whatsapp) to prevent them from overtaking FB.

FB bought Oculus because they're beholden to Apple and Google in the mobile space; if VR is the next major platform (Zuck thought it was 10 years away in 2015) and Oculus is the market leader, it weakens Apple/Google's control on them.

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