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They could release a subsidized Facebook phone which is just some android pos with Facebook rammed into it for way less than the 70 billion or whatever they bur
by bombcar 8mo ago
They could release a subsidized Facebook phone which is just some android pos with Facebook rammed into it for way less than the 70 billion or whatever they burned on VR.
- tokioyoyo 8mo agoThey actually did that before, if i recall correctly?
- bombcar 8mo agoThey've done something like it in poorer countries, I believe, but it's more about subsidizing the connection. There's certainly marketshare they could work with in USA and Europe. $70 billion is 70 million phones.
- karmakaze 8mo agoYes, Internet.org in 2015, (later rebranded as Free Basics) according to an AI
- eclipxe 8mo agoNo, they've done this in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/a-look-at-the-htc-first-aka-the-facebook-phone-pictures/ https://www.cnet.com/pictures/a-look-at-the-htc-first-aka-th...