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> having a company that is fundamentally a UGC aggregator more deeply embedded in my life sounds awful I feel like it's not supposed to be aimed at people like

by atraac 4y ago

> having a company that is fundamentally a UGC aggregator more deeply embedded in my life sounds awful I feel like it's not supposed to be aimed at people like you, me, or anyone else here for that matter. I feel like it's aimed towards younger and future generations that will grow up with VR ecosystems like that and get used to them, find uses for them that make it fun. Remember that most people don't care what company is behind a product, people still buy Nestle products after all they did. People don't care. Kids these days grow up with all those new apps, environments, they practically live in the internet, I can see how this would be appealing to them, having your own 'place' in some virtual world that you can do anything with, especially since reality is much more demanding, depressing and will probably become even worse with all the issues in front of us. Is it going to be owned by corporation X? Sure, 100%. Will people care if it allows them to disconnect from reality? I don't think so.

cphoover 4y ago
> Kids these days grow up with all those new apps, environments, they practically live in the internet But is it good for them? And do companies like meta care, or are they just trying to milk dollars from them.
- rmellow 4y ago
  Some companies are better citizens than others. However, ascribing a human value such as "caring" to a company is dangerous and ignores hidden motives of an unfeeling machine: 1. you don't know the internal politics and if you did you can't keep up with its changes. That's even difficult to do as an insider. 2. companies are by far and large focused entirely on maximizing something that is frequently adversarial to others (profits, shareholder value) in a time range unknown to us (see point 1). They might in the short run appear to care, to gain good will in the short term and reap profits later. However as good will becomes less useful to their primary objective, it ceases. Find me a truly "caring" top-2 phone company. Tldr: companies in the long run are either milking dollars or dead.

by atraac 4y ago

cphoover 4y ago

> Kids these days grow up with all those new apps, environments, they practically live in the internet But is it good for them? And do companies like meta care, or are they just trying to milk dollars from them.

rmellow 4y ago
Some companies are better citizens than others. However, ascribing a human value such as "caring" to a company is dangerous and ignores hidden motives of an unfeeling machine: 1. you don't know the internal politics and if you did you can't keep up with its changes. That's even difficult to do as an insider. 2. companies are by far and large focused entirely on maximizing something that is frequently adversarial to others (profits, shareholder value) in a time range unknown to us (see point 1). They might in the short run appear to care, to gain good will in the short term and reap profits later. However as good will becomes less useful to their primary objective, it ceases. Find me a truly "caring" top-2 phone company. Tldr: companies in the long run are either milking dollars or dead.