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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (5 children)

This has been Silicon Valley's MO for generations.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Yep! This is the first time the investment has been so catastrophic though. The amount of money they’re throwing at this absolutely dwarfs every past innovation spike.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What about all the vr garbage? The drooling baby zuckerberg has thrown away over $50 billion right? And that's just ONE company! And nobody wants that shit LOL

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

The VR hype was such a poor investment. It’s a tech that has never taken off in any way that’s large enough for the profits they demand I think the only place it’s gotten marginal interest in, is the gaming PC crowd, and even then, it’s still very niche. It feels like the further things progress, the more detached from reality the “innovations” become.

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