Zuckerberg and company talked up another supposed tech revolution four short years ago.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    Metaverse has cost 65 billion so far. That’s the cost of making red dead redemption 2, 130 times. And it looks like a garbage version of miiverse . Who even uses it? What is the purpose? 700 million people use it according to meta

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      I’m pretty sure you could really make a dent in the housing crisis, transit problems, food insecurity, any other real life problem of your choosing, with that kind of money. The fact that they blew it on “the metaverse” should be a crime

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      And if Facebook spent that money funding AAA VR games for their headset instead of their shitty VRChat clone maybe they’d have reached the userbase target they’re so desperately chasing