Something else that’s hurting Meta is how compared to Apple, it doesn’t have as robust of a platform (SDK, UI paradigms, etc). Quests run plain old Android in 3

Something else that’s hurting Meta is how compared to Apple, it doesn’t have as robust of a platform (SDK, UI paradigms, etc). Quests run plain old Android in 3D with some AR bits bolted on, which is fine for games but not as compelling for other types of apps. Devs could probably look past that if apps developed for the Quest had a possibility of running on competing headsets, with Meta offering to license their flavor of Android to other manufacturers and establishing Quest OS the “Windows” of AR/VR. They’re not doing that though, they’re instead going for a more Apple-like strategy, but without the platform chops to back it up. Eventually, there will be a company that builds a “Windows” of AR that they license out and becomes dominant, but I wouldn’t bet on it being Meta. Maybe it’ll instead be Valve, given their recent work on SteamOS.