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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away (news.yahoo.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Facebook's VR Headset Not Selling, Literally Giving It Away::Last fall, Meta-formerly-Facebook unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, a long-rumored, higher-end follow-up to the company's best-selling Quest 2 VR headset. The sleek device, which initially went on sale for an eye-watering $1,500, has really struggled to catch on since then, just as we predicted at the time. And, as Mixed Reality News reports, Meta is […]

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't take anything from Facebook, no matter if it was free or if I was paid to take it. They're toxic as a service and as a company, I want nothing to do with them.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

That's the thing. Anyone who cares about cutting edge (read: flawed, unproven) tech is unlikely to be messing about on FB. More likely they do not associate any positive feelings with anything that you might chose to attach to FB.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

No shit. The platform is basically just a string of rug pulls over your lifetime.