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0 pointsgoodcjw24y ago0 comments

It's probably true that they cannot resist cloning existing feature that's already working.

But to cheer you up, FB is putting lots of efforts (rumor goes 10000 folks) working on AR/VR. That's quite a lot innovation :)

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Bombthecat4y ago

And 200 are working on "how to show ads in 3d"

corobo4y ago

Working on putting ads in VR by the sounds of it

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27532243

goodcjw2OP4y ago

Yeah, that's the part I don't quite appreciate what FB is doing on VR. They heavily subsidize the hardware, pushed lots of competitors out (e.g. Vive is really struggling), then start selling ads once they got dominant position.

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