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All things considered, I do not see why they couldn't. Much like when Amazon first got into that business, it would likely require them to make some infrastruc
by brk 4y ago
All things considered, I do not see why they couldn't. Much like when Amazon first got into that business, it would likely require them to make some infrastructure changes, hire some people, etc. But there is no logical reason why they could not offer a competitive option.
However I do think that from a business standpoint it would feel a bit out of place, or even desperate, for Facebook to get into that space. A more logical approach might be for them to do something more like acquire Wix and allow businesses to have pages that were more dynamic than just a Facebook page. Allow for more direct e-commerce, etc. (and take a cut). If that was successful, they could grow into more datacenter type services as a logical extension.
- samwillis 4y agoFacebook buying Wix or the equivalent would be an admission there is an internet outside their walled garden. It's not going to happen, they are too hooked on the idea that their platforms are the internet and users shouldn't venture outside them. Ask any advertiser who has used Facebook, the in app browsers are actively hostile to leaving the app and make conversion more difficult.
- brk 4y agoI agree it would be an admission of failure. But so would trying to compete with AWS, IMO. So if they are so out of ideas that they theoretically need to get into that business then doing in in stages would look less bad. At least that is my theory. I’m sure this whole meta verse thing is going to take off any day now.