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My worry is that it’ll be impossible to stop this from happening.

by nynx 5y ago

accountofme 5y ago
Don't use it then?
- api 5y ago
  More money will allow them to develop vastly superior UI and user experience, better graphics, etc., and it will suck so many users from anything else that the other things will become tiny niche environments or die. Just like what happened with everything else including most of the open web.
  - jay_kyburz 5y ago
    Yeah but, all the interesting stuff happens in the niche corners of the internet. Let the mainstream play Fortnite, we'll enjoy better games that nobody knows about.
    - adrianN 5y ago
      If niche stuff is most interesting to you, then you interests are niche, by definition. The stuff that is interesting to many people naturally tends to become mainstream.
      - jay_kyburz 5y ago
        Actually, I think a lot of niche stuff is objectively good, but never gets mainstream attention because it doesn't have a large enough marketing budget. (or never goes "viral")
      - Dracophoenix 5y ago
        You do you realize that everything that is mainstream was once a niche that eventually got the attention of millions of people? Computers, for instance.
- est31 5y ago
  Don't use whatsapp, instagram, snapchat, tiktok, facebook, etc. and you are missing out on a lot of social life when interacting with younger generations. Which can be your peers. Same effect can happen for this platform as well. Eventually in order to have a social life you'll have to connect to some future network using brain implants so that they can ensure your thoughts are "safe" and "genuine".
- beckman466 5y ago
  > Don't use it then? You can't 'choose' your way out of this system (e.g. IP laws), that seems like a somewhat naive take. Technology and science (or culture in this metaverse case) being commoditized means the working class live with a plundered commons. A commons stripped of meaningful alternatives, and even if alternatives are possible they are quickly turned into a rent-seeking commodity, and the sharing of it criminalized. In my eyes, you making this suggestion means you're likely not feeling the same level of alienation and you're able to live comfortably? In other words, you can live without it due to your position as labor aristocrat. The metaverse will be just like Facebook free basics: digital colonialism. [1], [2], [3] [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2016/02/10/marc-andreessen-unwittingly-likens-facebook-free-basics-to-colonialism-kicks-up-india-twitter-storm/?sh=33fbb24543ca https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2016/02/10/marc-andr... [2] https://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-free-in-free-basics-comes-at-a-price-52839 https://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-f... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-free-basics-developing-markets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-...

My worry is that it’ll be impossible to stop this from happening.

by nynx 5y ago

My worry is that it’ll be impossible to stop this from happening.

accountofme 5y ago

Don't use it then?

api 5y ago
More money will allow them to develop vastly superior UI and user experience, better graphics, etc., and it will suck so many users from anything else that the other things will become tiny niche environments or die. Just like what happened with everything else including most of the open web.
- jay_kyburz 5y ago
  Yeah but, all the interesting stuff happens in the niche corners of the internet. Let the mainstream play Fortnite, we'll enjoy better games that nobody knows about.
  - adrianN 5y ago
    If niche stuff is most interesting to you, then you interests are niche, by definition. The stuff that is interesting to many people naturally tends to become mainstream.
    - jay_kyburz 5y ago
      Actually, I think a lot of niche stuff is objectively good, but never gets mainstream attention because it doesn't have a large enough marketing budget. (or never goes "viral")
    - Dracophoenix 5y ago
      You do you realize that everything that is mainstream was once a niche that eventually got the attention of millions of people? Computers, for instance.
est31 5y ago
Don't use whatsapp, instagram, snapchat, tiktok, facebook, etc. and you are missing out on a lot of social life when interacting with younger generations. Which can be your peers. Same effect can happen for this platform as well. Eventually in order to have a social life you'll have to connect to some future network using brain implants so that they can ensure your thoughts are "safe" and "genuine".
beckman466 5y ago
> Don't use it then? You can't 'choose' your way out of this system (e.g. IP laws), that seems like a somewhat naive take. Technology and science (or culture in this metaverse case) being commoditized means the working class live with a plundered commons. A commons stripped of meaningful alternatives, and even if alternatives are possible they are quickly turned into a rent-seeking commodity, and the sharing of it criminalized. In my eyes, you making this suggestion means you're likely not feeling the same level of alienation and you're able to live comfortably? In other words, you can live without it due to your position as labor aristocrat. The metaverse will be just like Facebook free basics: digital colonialism. [1], [2], [3] [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2016/02/10/marc-andreessen-unwittingly-likens-facebook-free-basics-to-colonialism-kicks-up-india-twitter-storm/?sh=33fbb24543ca https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2016/02/10/marc-andr... [2] https://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-free-in-free-basics-comes-at-a-price-52839 https://theconversation.com/facebook-is-no-charity-and-the-f... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-free-basics-developing-markets https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-...