From what I understand so far, I believe #facebook are building the ' #metaverse ' to build a #monopoly #internet that is under the control of #markzuckerberg - specifically for all #vr applications: https://www.johncoogan.com/facebook-vr/ I suspect they have been looking at #roblox and their #marketplace with great #jealousy - and are now looking to build out their own #competitor using their #domination with #vr #technology thanks to their #acquisition of #oculus ...
#roblox still down: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/30/2275.. They are still not revealing any #details about their #service #outage - but one can imagine they could be losing tens of millions of #dollars a day!
When a #platform #pursues #ageverification - it usually follows a #stock plummet followed by a #decision - #doubledown or #backoff https://blog.roblox.com/2021/09/introduc.. #roblox will likely have the same very soon. Almost their entire #userbase are #young #gamers - many not above the age of 13. Then there is the issue with this massive company collecting the #personal #information of #underage kids...