[bstsb]

i think honestly it’s the opposite. it still confuses me why meta invested so much in their pointless experiments (think any of their AR ventures) when their main source of revenue was, and continues to be, their boring advertising on consumer apps

[jorams]

You call it "boring advertising on consumer apps", but that's exactly where all the shady stuff keeps happening.

[watwut]

> continues to be, their boring advertising on consumer apps

That is where the ugly shady stuff is.

> AR ventures

That is the corporate hobby stuff.

[PunchyHamster]

I think all their actions could be explained by "they thought it will be next great thing and it either wasn't or they stumbled hard"