Comment by alkyon
4 days ago
I wonder what will be the next big thing for Zuck after metaverse failure and now AI coming to nothing? Perpetual motion machines?
4 days ago
I wonder what will be the next big thing for Zuck after metaverse failure and now AI coming to nothing? Perpetual motion machines?
No need to guess: https://www.reuters.com/business/mark-zuckerberg-directed-me...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently dispatched a small team at his company to create a smartphone app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two employees with knowledge of the matter.
The app will probably rely on a video game-like points system instead of users wagering money, though the company has not ruled out betting real money eventually, according to the report.
Gambling! They are already working on a prediction market product. I could see slot machines next.
Breaking news: Meta reallocates 100,000 AI workers to trade tulip bulb derivatives
I'd almost be surprised if these large companies didn't have secret trading divisions.
A lot of companies have Bloomberg terminals for e.g. futures hedging.
Meta will continue trying to build a platform that they can control. They're terrified that existing platform owners like Google, Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft will find a way to cut them out of the loop. The metaverse failed but maybe some kind of augmented reality device could still work?
They're pushing hard for a unified platform. For WhatsApps new username feature one can only choose from usernames not already used on instagram or facebook.
Meta can unify their own products but they're still sharecroppers on someone else's farm.
They're going to try to push those stupid glasses next. Not convinced they'll succeed since it's not just the technology problem they need to solve. How do I find PMF for a product which encourages others to physically assault my users, while also not having it banned in various countries? We're talking about a societal shift that would need to happen and nobody's going to trust Meta again where that stuff's concerned.
They’re DOA
Only apple has the trust of its users to pull it off. And apple will make sure they do what they can to keep meta out
Possibly Snapchat? Snapchat already has spectacles whereas apple doesn't have their own glasses
I don't want to be a Zuckerberg hater, but is there any thing Zuckerberg has done or said in the last few years that wasn't mundane, reactionary or self-aggrandizing?
In other words, was there a single decision or take he made that turned out in his favor?
Gubernatorial run in California.
I think the reanimated corpse of Hitler endorsed by the reanimated corpse of Epstein would get more votes than the Zucc.
As long as Meta‘s ad platform keeps printing money they can afford to lose a lot on metaverse and AI.