Posted on 04/13/2022 3:25:31 PM PDT by EBH
Facebook’s parent, Meta, revealed this week that a core business goal in developing a virtual-reality “metaverse” is to make money from digital transactions.
Now the company is acknowledging that it plans to take a cut of almost half of all money changing hands.
A Meta spokesperson tells CNBC that the company will take an overall cut of up to 47.5% on each metaverse transaction.
That includes a “hardware platform fee” of 30% for sales made through the Meta Quest Store, where Meta sells apps and games for its virtual-reality headsets.
There’s also a 17.5% fee just for, well, playing in Meta’s digital playground.
The social-media behemoth is a leading force behind creation of a VR-powered online environment that promises to be like walking around in a video game or cartoon. Think of it as the web on steroids.
Meta intends to cash in on users seeking to customize their online personas, or avatars, with digital clothing and accessories.
Which is to say, it wants people to spend real money for make-believe goods that have no value in the real world.
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“NPCS trading NFTs”
LOL. Nails it.
Aside from the sexual predators chasing your Grandchildren...
(A Barcalounger and a bag of Cheetos)
?
“Here, lemmings, lemmings, lemmings”
What fools...
Porn.
That is all.
what a sick degenerate society America has become
FTA: it wants people to spend real money for make-believe goods that have no value in the real world.
The Big Bang Theory - The Zarnecki Incursion
Penny: Oh, hi! I was just dropping off a cheesecake to Sheldon. He was robbed of a bunch of imaginary crap that’s useful in a make-believe place.
Priya: I don’t know what that means.
Penny: Yeah, well, sadly, I do.
LOL!
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