The answer is lock-in. Once someone has spent $100s on some hardware that only works with your network it’s less likely they’ll switch. Also control of the mar

The answer is lock-in. Once someone has spent $100s on some hardware that only works with your network it’s less likely they’ll switch. Also control of the market. Some people said Google was insane to buy Android when they did but now they’re one of two players in the smartphone market. Meta would dearly, dearly like to have that kind of control (hence, IMO, the oversize focus on the metaverse)