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I think Meta sees AI and VR/AR as a platform. They got left behind on the mobile platform and forever have to contend with Apple semi-monopoly. They have no con
by bko 2y ago
I think Meta sees AI and VR/AR as a platform. They got left behind on the mobile platform and forever have to contend with Apple semi-monopoly. They have no control and little influence over the ecosystem. It's an existential threat to them.
They have vowed not to make that mistake again so are pushing for an open future that won't be dominated by a few companies that could arbitrarily hurt Meta's business.
That's the stated rationale at least and I think it more or less makes sense
- esafak 2y agoThey stated that?
- fullshark 2y agoMakes sense except for the fact that they leaked the llama weights by accident and needed to reverse engineer that explanation.
- jsheard 2y agoI wouldn't call what Meta is doing with VR/AR an "open future", it's pretty much the exact same playbook that Google and Apple used for their platforms. The only difference is Meta gets to be the landlord this time.
- alex1138 2y agoI'm in favor of whatever semi-monopoly enables fine grained permissions so Facebook can't en masse slurp Whatsapp (antitrust?) contacts