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Maybe I'm just naive but I don't really understand discontinuing things like this. Like, unless there are like 100 people using this, how can it not be possible
by ralusek 7mo ago
Maybe I'm just naive but I don't really understand discontinuing things like this. Like, unless there are like 100 people using this, how can it not be possible to just leave this running at like 0.5% of its former capacity. Just leave up like 1 server, collapse all of the DBs into one, and let these few autists have their stuff.
- michelb 7mo agoIt probably distracts from the AI race. With the newly bought political power it makes far more sense for Meta to align with whatever this administration seeks. And it’s not gaming or VR.
- reverius42 7mo agoThey should probably rename "Meta" the company then.
- FartyMcFarter 7mo agoThere might be expensive non-technical maintenance required, such as checks for illegal user content.
- sxp 7mo agoAt a minimum, the app needs updates to handle breakages caused by OS updates. It needs moderators and other staff for legal reasons since Meta is large enough that there's always a significant liability risk for even a few users. It needs to interact with the main non-VR app unless they want to fully isolate it. Etc. When I was at Google, I had many of these discussions about cost tradeoffs for products that were https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/