[anigbrowl]

> Zuckerberg is playing a long game here

He may have legs, but I'm not the same can be said of his strategy. While I give FB credit for things like Pytorch and other innovations, I can't remember the last time the firm produced anything interesting on the product side. I only maintain an FB account because of a few friends and family members who use it as their preferred platform.

[xvector]

> I can't remember the last time the firm produced anything interesting on the product side

Quest 2, which has outsold Xbox Series X|S?

Bringing E2EE to the masses via WhatsApp?

Turning Instagram from some niche hipster pictures app to one of the biggest social platforms in the world?

[ceejayoz]

All three of those were acquisitions, which seems to sorta prove the point.

[spiderice]

The Quest 2 was not an acquisition. Oculus was an acquisition. Then, over 6 years later, the Quest 2 was released. Not sure anyone can claim that FB didn't have a huge role in inventing the Quest 2 after 6 years of building up to it.

[ceejayoz]

I’ve got both Quests. The 2 is nice, but it’s not very different from the first gen; upped specs and resolution. The first gen was nice; separating it from the PC was important, but it’s still hard to see it as that innovative over the Rift predecessor it largely inherited from.