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Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by not2b »

rvz wrote: post #10

It is been finally admitted. Facebook Inc. aka Meta Inc. is going to kill Apple and put an end to the iPhone. Going to watch this. To Downvoters: Here's a reminder of how wrong the HN bubble was back then: [0] [1] This is the same place that reacted to Facebook acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to being the dumbest decisions Mark Zuckerberg made and now it became a $1T company with billions in profit and billions in m…

And how are they going to do that? Do they think people will discard their phones, replace them with next-gen Google Glass, live in the "metaverse" and let Zuck listen in on every interaction? Surely this will kill Apple dead.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by dudeman13 »

5faulker wrote: post #16
minimaxir wrote: post #2

The rebrand was introduced as a "One More Thing" during the event keynote. A 2007 "One More Thing" was the announcement of the iPhone and the future of mobile computing. Now a 2021 "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.

Still a faceless corporation though.

I mean, I associate the book of faces with Lizard Zuckerberg.

It might as well act like a faceless corporation, but it is far from "faceless"... I think. Consider f.e. Tesla's face, or Amazon's face.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by schmorptron »

danso wrote: post #5
minimaxir wrote: post #2

The rebrand was introduced as a "One More Thing" during the event keynote. A 2007 "One More Thing" was the announcement of the iPhone and the future of mobile computing. Now a 2021 "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.

For better or worse, it does seem Zuckerberg is as invested in making the "metaverse" the new future of Facebook as Jobs was with Apple and the iPhone

In this case, worse. Definitely worse.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by JKCalhoun »

danso wrote: post #5
minimaxir wrote: post #2

The rebrand was introduced as a "One More Thing" during the event keynote. A 2007 "One More Thing" was the announcement of the iPhone and the future of mobile computing. Now a 2021 "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.

For better or worse, it does seem Zuckerberg is as invested in making the "metaverse" the new future of Facebook as Jobs was with Apple and the iPhone

Seems like "metaverse" means walled internet.

"You've got mail!" LOL

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by bigdict »

nyt-maps wrote: post #19

My god, if you get it, you get it. They are going all in on metaverse / have decided that the future of oculus is the primary long term bet, not facebook itself. And they have the money to make it so. This is incredibly scary, and probably a good investment.

Or maybe they have nothing else in the portfolio to bet on?

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by dekhn »

tasogare wrote: post #44
dbish wrote: post #8

MANGA sounds more fun then FAANG so that’s nice

In France it's GAFAM that is most used, which makes sense since Microsoft is way more influential on the tech scene than Netflix, which is just a content provider.

it's really FAAMG in the US too, the people who coined the phrase were confused.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by Belphemur »

Lots of PR Bullsh*t here:

> Connection is evolving and so are we. > The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection. Our company’s vision is to help bring the metaverse to life, so we are changing our name to reflect our commitment to this future.

In other words, nothing will change, just the name.

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