Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15
by paxys on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @06:41PM
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Yup. The Facebook brand was long dead, and Meta is a good tech name even outside of AR/VR or metaverse. The fact that no one calls the company Facebook anymore shows that the rebrand was successful.
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Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15
by jorvi on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @08:10PM
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Very few outside of tech call it Meta. Just like no one calls Alphabet "Alphabet", they just say "Google".
Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15
by anvuong on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @09:32PM
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It's very different though. Alphabet was created more for financial book keeping. Google apps have no Alphabet branding. On the other hand, Meta was created because the Facebook brand was down in the rabbit hole, almost every product of it has the Meta branding prominently displayed.
Anecdotal but my parents know about Meta, because they use FB/Messenger daily. They have no idea what Alphabet is.
Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15
by gambiting on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:01PM
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>> The fact that no one calls the company Facebook anymore shows that the rebrand was successful.
Don't they? I have to remind myself that it's actually called Meta, I always call it facebook.
Re:Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access June 15
by nerptastic on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @08:59PM
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I still see people refer to “FAANG” regularly. Though, there have been times I’ve read “MAANG”… doesn’t quite feel the same.