“yeah, sure Apple screwed me and all that but it’s awesome that they’re getting into XR because they’re going to make the world a better place”

No. Companies are not altruistic nor should they necessarily be.

And I don't know what to make of the logic. It might be right! It might not. I'm interested in opinions on that.

My comment is just that it doesn't appear to me, based on the defensiveness and lack of excitement from Mark, that he believes it.

OF COURSE I don't expect him to say they're screwed, if he believes that. If I expected that, I wouldn't be trying to work out his mood when he spins it as positive. I don't know if he thinks this is a positive thing for them or not, but his demeanor suggests not to me.

I don't think the notion that "If Apple's price is too high for a given consumer, maybe interest in this space will lead them to buy one of our less expensive products" is unreasonable.

However, if what you're interested in AR and not VR, Meta's products are just vastly inferior.

Of the other roughly comparable products, Magic Leap is just as expensive, and Microsoft's Hololens is just as expensive, AND team behind the product was recently laid off.