>Facebook is absolutely one of the best-positioned companies to be able to become a long-term market leader in these areas and has been investing heavily into R

>Facebook is absolutely one of the best-positioned companies to be able to become a long-term market leader in these areas and has been investing heavily into R&D in all related categories. Although some of us dislike many ways the company operates, this still does seem like a very well thought-out and aggressive long-term mission that is worthy of being pursued, and I'm pretty excited to continue to see innovation in the more difficult areas like AI and VR here. I agree, and I'm sure it may even end up as a great/fun experience, but I'm just concerned about what's likely to come along with it. There was a recent article linked on HN titled "even if you're paying, you're still the product", and that's pretty much how I see this going. Facebook lost all good will years ago. It's not about the product quality, but the monetization strategies and what those entail.