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by consumer451 18 days ago
I believe it's why they went all-in on Metaverse/VR. They want to own the next platform so that could never happen to them again. IIRC, Zuck has stated the latter openly.
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Reminds me this is the same reason Valve went half-in on Linux. I guess this force can be used for good or evil.

Valve started supporting Linux and making their own Linux gaming hardware because Microsoft briefly tried to lock down Windows so that games could only be installed from the Microsoft Store.