BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 hours agoLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkLooks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbyegizmodo.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehypnicjerk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·14 hours agoand nothing of value was lost
minus-squareglibg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·14 hours ago(Except of course the billions of dollars spent building it)
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·13 hours agoThat’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agoThen they all get laid off. And they lose their health insurance. And their houses get foreclosed on.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·12 hours agoDid it really or did it just grow market caps
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 hours agoit wasn’t meta spending on privacy invading crap that sticks around so whether it ended up as salaries or fake money it didn’t go directly to bad things
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoSeems unlikely that zero of that investment benefitted projects like the upcoming Steam Frame.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoHoly tax write-offs, Batman!
and nothing of value was lost
(Except of course the billions of dollars spent building it)
That’s the only thing I like about this situation. That money went to the people who worked on the project.
Then they all get laid off. And they lose their health insurance. And their houses get foreclosed on.
Did it really or did it just grow market caps
it wasn’t meta spending on privacy invading crap that sticks around so whether it ended up as salaries or fake money it didn’t go directly to bad things
Seems unlikely that zero of that investment benefitted projects like the upcoming Steam Frame.
Holy tax write-offs, Batman!