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Re:Zuckerberg wants Meta’s AR glasses to be ‘an iPhone momen... by floatinglotus on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @01:46PM (#31017770)
Buying a business is not the same thing as building a business.

In this case Meta has to create a product. They are historically awful at this. FB is just iterating on the initial concept and stealing ideas from other social media platforms. They haven’t done anything novel.

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Re:Zuckerberg wants Meta’s AR glasses to be ‘an iPhone momen... by rvz on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @04:16PM (#31019712)
> FB is just iterating on the initial concept and stealing ideas from other social media platforms. They haven’t done anything novel.

Are we looking for 'real businesses' or true scotsmen in tech giants that have built things from absolute scratch without buying companies now?

Perhaps none of these tech giants have done anything novel since they too have bought too many businesses as well. Even if it includes one by definition. Oh dear.

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Re:Zuckerberg wants Meta’s AR glasses to be ‘an iPhone momen... by claudiulodro on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:12PM (#31018911)
This is an interesting point. Other than various "products" baked into their existing platforms (Reels, Stories, etc.), has Meta successfully launched any new stand-alone product? Genuinely curious, since Instagram, Occulus, WhatsApp, etc. were all purchased not built from scratch.
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