Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jonplackett 2251 days ago
I think the thing you missed from the 'all they had to do' list, was make a product that a large audience could afford.

I think Zuckerberg said at the last FB conference their aim with the Quest was to get 10,000,000 sold because that's the tipping point to a self sustaining app ecosystem.

Software is worth making, so hardware is worth buying, so software is worth making... etc

They had zero chance of achieving this at their price point.