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This is a real shame. Meta is a company that is trying to do something (beyond Facebook) and I think a Unity acquisition would benefit both of these companies (

This is a real shame. Meta is a company that is trying to do something (beyond Facebook) and I think a Unity acquisition would benefit both of these companies (in their current positions).

capableweb 4y ago
Is it? Facebook is trying to "take over" areas not at all related to social media in order to gain more data and could act as a loss-leader in the game developer space just in order to bolster market share in other areas. Preventing that seems to be better for consumers in general.
- impulser_ 4y ago
  Isn't that what Microsoft is doing as well? If Microsoft is allowed to buy Activision Blizzard they would have bought the vast majority of the most popular video game series in the world. Minecraft, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Elder Scrolls are all top selling game franchises. The only company that would have more top selling game franchise would be Nintendo and they created all of them for themselves. Why is Microsoft allowed to buy all of these game studios but Facebook can't buy a single VR studio?
  - capableweb 4y ago
    > Isn't that what Microsoft is doing as well? Yes. And Amazon. And Google. And others. What the the US government is doing, I have no idea about, but they don't seem to care a lot about preventing huge companies from taking over entire markets, even those not related to their core business. Which already is hurting consumers, but the worst has yet to come.
  - bogwog 4y ago
    Has that acquisition been approved? You’re implying that it has, but last I heard of it, it was being investigated by both the FTC and the CMA in the UK.
Sebb767 4y ago
On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to eventually get a Facebook out of necessity when I need to login into my Unity editor.
s_dev 4y ago
Just like Occulus? All Unity accounts will be authorized by a Meta account. Lose the Meta account lose the Unity access.
YeahNO 4y ago
This is good! Multi-billion-dollar tech companies have been given too much power by governments, partly because they want to capitalize on the spying capabilities provided by their endless cycle of private data slurping, collecting and de-anonymizing, and partly by regulatory capture from an army of lobbyists employed by the tech companies.
afavour 4y ago
Meta is a company that's trying to land grab a new continent (metaphorically). Their motivation to push the Metaverse is their control over it. I don't see why any of us should want to help them do that.

This is a real shame. Meta is a company that is trying to do something (beyond Facebook) and I think a Unity acquisition would benefit both of these companies (in their current positions).

capableweb 4y ago

Is it? Facebook is trying to "take over" areas not at all related to social media in order to gain more data and could act as a loss-leader in the game developer space just in order to bolster market share in other areas. Preventing that seems to be better for consumers in general.

impulser_ 4y ago
Isn't that what Microsoft is doing as well? If Microsoft is allowed to buy Activision Blizzard they would have bought the vast majority of the most popular video game series in the world. Minecraft, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Elder Scrolls are all top selling game franchises. The only company that would have more top selling game franchise would be Nintendo and they created all of them for themselves. Why is Microsoft allowed to buy all of these game studios but Facebook can't buy a single VR studio?
- capableweb 4y ago
  > Isn't that what Microsoft is doing as well? Yes. And Amazon. And Google. And others. What the the US government is doing, I have no idea about, but they don't seem to care a lot about preventing huge companies from taking over entire markets, even those not related to their core business. Which already is hurting consumers, but the worst has yet to come.
- bogwog 4y ago
  Has that acquisition been approved? You’re implying that it has, but last I heard of it, it was being investigated by both the FTC and the CMA in the UK.

Sebb767 4y ago

On the other hand, I'm not looking forward to eventually get a Facebook out of necessity when I need to login into my Unity editor.

s_dev 4y ago

Just like Occulus? All Unity accounts will be authorized by a Meta account. Lose the Meta account lose the Unity access.

YeahNO 4y ago

This is good! Multi-billion-dollar tech companies have been given too much power by governments, partly because they want to capitalize on the spying capabilities provided by their endless cycle of private data slurping, collecting and de-anonymizing, and partly by regulatory capture from an army of lobbyists employed by the tech companies.

afavour 4y ago

Meta is a company that's trying to land grab a new continent (metaphorically). Their motivation to push the Metaverse is their control over it. I don't see why any of us should want to help them do that.