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Mark Zuckerberg's Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly (futurism.com)
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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 28 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Outside of Facebook what has he been responsible for that didn't blow up in his face? The only other things Meta has that aren't thus far miserable failures are Instagram and Whatsapp, both of which they bought.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago

And Google built a search engine. Everything else they've tried to build has failed, other than maybe Gmail which was just a Yahoo Mail / Hotmail clone. Everything else that has been successful has been an acquisition: Maps (Keyhole), YouTube, Android, Google Photos (Picasa), Doubleclick...

We really need robust antitrust. How many of these acquisitions would be thriving companies in their own right, competing with the big tech giants if the tech giants hadn't been able to absorb them.

Google+ is an example of what happens when companies have to compete instead of acquiring other companies. Google poured billions into it and it flopped completely.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago

Reminder that he stole Facebook

[–] bananabread@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Oculus perhaps, although also bought

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago

And immediately blew it up after buying it.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What is the state of VR? Still super niche?

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

always will be. I just don't afford a couple hundred grand for the "bigger living room" optional accessory