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0 pointsbombcar8d ago0 comments

They could release a subsidized Facebook phone which is just some android pos with Facebook rammed into it for way less than the 70 billion or whatever they burned on VR.

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tokioyoyo8d ago

They actually did that before, if i recall correctly?

bombcarOP8d ago

They've done something like it in poorer countries, I believe, but it's more about subsidizing the connection.

There's certainly marketshare they could work with in USA and Europe. $70 billion is 70 million phones.

eclipxe8d ago

No, they've done this in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_First. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/a-look-at-the-htc-first-aka-th...

karmakaze8d ago

Yes, Internet.org in 2015, (later rebranded as Free Basics) according to an AI

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