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FAANG spending isn’t the norm, the total program cost of the Mars 2020 rover was $2.7 billion. Meta spent $30 billion on something that looks like SecondLife o
by dogma1138 4y ago
FAANG spending isn’t the norm, the total program cost of the Mars 2020 rover was $2.7 billion.
Meta spent $30 billion on something that looks like SecondLife on the Wii…
But also this ain’t the total cost just how much money the UK government is funding the project for right now.
- fosk 4y agoIt’s really mind boggling how much money Meta spent on this thing.
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- midoridensha 4y agoAny time someone complains about the government buying $600 toilet seats as an example of how the government wastes money, just point them to the MetaVerse.
- blitzar 4y ago$600 for a virtual toilet seat.
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoDid they seriously spend that much money on it??? How???
- dogma1138 4y agoI don’t know if that’s how much they spent on it or was that how much they “spent” on it. But the cumulative cost of Reality Labs was apparently indeed $36B over 3 years.
- 2143 4y agoAnd let's not forget India's Mars mission (orbiter, not a rover) was even cheaper at "just" $75 million [1]. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2013/11/07/how-indias-isro-launched-its-mars-mission-at-cut-rate-costs/?sh=4ce856bf18b7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2013/11/07/how-india...