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		adpirz on Oct 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Renames to Meta This discounts a lot of failures and products without real success: - Facebook Apps - Facebook Home - Facebook Workplace - Facebook Portal - Facebook Essentials What he's done well: found promising competition and subsumed them. I think AR is going to be a huge part of the future. I don't think Facebook is going to lead that effort, not because I don't want them to (though I don't), but because they don't have a track record of building anything worthwhile outside of their core offering (ie, the Facebook product).

spookthesunset on Oct 29, 2021 | [–]

Don't forget their weird crypto thing....

mohanmcgeek on Oct 28, 2021 | | [–]

Also "Facebook platform" which Chamath ran to the ground.

matt123456789 on Oct 28, 2021 | | [–]

So what you’re saying is, now would be a good time to be a promising social AR/VR startup?

mig39 on Oct 28, 2021 | [–]

Anyone remember the Facebook Phone?

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