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1. Zuck always wanted to own a platform. He was a developer at heart and wants a product that developers can build on. He’s personally invested in this. 2. I’m
by vineyardmike 3y ago
1. Zuck always wanted to own a platform. He was a developer at heart and wants a product that developers can build on. He’s personally invested in this.
2. I’m pretty sure a lot of the cost quoted for their “Metaverse” stuff included their CapEx for a ton of GPUs which probably have a lot of other uses within the company.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI wonder how 1. works. Won't any developer tell you that platforms are traps, to be avoided unless necessary (or unless you're prepared in advance to jump off it at any time)? I feel platforms are only interesting to business folks, particularly those selling access to them.
- vineyardmike 3y agoPlatforms are a trap, except Windows launched a revolution. Platforms are a trap, but iOS made companies (like Facebook) billions.
- beachy 3y agoAnimals usually realise there is something off about a trap. They interact with it extremely cautiously, sometimes leaving it for a few nights and then coming back. Eventually their desire for whats in the trap overcomes their caution and they put their head in.
- zem 3y agoas a developer at heart he should have thought back to how interested he would have been in sharecropping on someone else's locked down platform!
- TiredOfLife 3y agoMeta reality does a TON of research.