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Apple tightening privacy while TikTok is eating their lunch... Not to mention the Metaverse is/was a giant distraction.

Metaverse is an interesting idea, but they're too quick to hail it as the feature of the company imo. It just looks like an expensive, boring, video game right now.

| Metaverse is an interesting idea...

It's really not though, nor is it an original one. There are real people with real problems in the world and we've seen over and over that increasingly virtualizing our interactions, with a few exceptions, is a great way of kicking those problems down the road.

An idea can be interesting and still be a huge waste of time. I don't think it'll end well for Meta. It'll be super interesting to see how it plays out. I think we might end up with some sweet VR tech, I just don't think it's going to give FB the kind of business they think it will.

> Metaverse is an interesting idea

It just seems like a mix of xbox kinect and roblox

maybe zuck is just having a midlife crisis, who knows

I think he's deluding himself a little. I think VR is going to be a niche product for a long, long time. AR, if cool enough, could maybe catch on. But it needs to be as easy as putting on shades.

Not very relevant, but an observation:

I've noticed that users on HN like to use the phrase "eating their lunch" to describe the dynamic between TikTok and Facebook.

It would be interesting to search HN comments from the past 12 months for "eating their lunch" and analyze what proportion of them refer to TikTok.

Why is that remotely notable? It's hardly an uncommon phrase.

It’s not an uncommon phrase, but it seems like people disproportionately use it in describing this particular situation.

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