Re:Meta Quest 3
by bobthepanda on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:59PM
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As a slightly less wonky comparison, the entire market cap of Delta (the largest airline in the world by market cap) last year was $23B, so Facebook could've just outright purchased Delta and still had over $10B left over.
And then they could have gotten Delta to build a virtual reality headset!
(And possibly gotten a better outcome, seeing as Delta has a helluva lot more experience than Facebook with ergonomics and normal people)
For the cost of the object, you could set up a university program to figure out Anglo cost disease, then build ~10 subway lines at Japanese costs.
Asking why our society funds things the way they do is a very reasonable and responsible question