Posted on 07/31/2023 6:34:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mark Zuckerberg’s hundreds of millions of tax-deductible “Zuckbucks” that boosted turnout in heavily Democrat areas in 2020 made him my enemy. I feel no shame at reveling in his mounting misfortunes in business, even as Meta, his rebranded name for Facebook, remains robustly profitable. Actually, that profitability, the result of Facebook and Google utterly dominating the online advertising business, and this depriving AT and every other conservative website of the ad dollars we need to stay alive (while keeping a lid on the viral distribution we need), is yet another reason to hate him, come to think of it.
So, it is gratifying to learn that his so-far unsuccessful quest to make virtual reality games a revenue-spinner is flopping badly. Jonathan Vanian of CNBC writes:
Meta reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said that its Reality Labs unit, which develops virtual reality and augmented reality technologies needed to power the metaverse, logged a $3.7 billion operating loss.
The unit recorded $276 million in second-quarter sales, down from the $339 million in revenue it brought during the first quarter. Analysts polled by StreetAccount were projecting Reality Labs to record $421 million in sales and $3.5 billion in operating losses.
It’s always bad to disappoint the analysts, because they help shape the prices people are willing to pay for your stock. But the incredible earning power of the original business, Facebook, is saving that price:
Shares of Meta were up about 5% after it reported an 11% pop in revenue as advertising rebounded and the company issued an uplifting sales forecast for the third quarter. It shows that Meta is still very much an ad company with a big cost center.
And what a cost center Virtual Reality has turned out to be.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Last year, Meta’s Reality Labs unit lost a total of $13.7 billion while bringing in $2.16 billion in revenue, which is driven in part by the company’s sales of Quest-branded VR headsets. Reality Labs lost $3.99 billion during the first quarter. That puts its total losses at about $21.3 billion since the beginning of last year.
That would bankrupt most companies. But not Facebook, which makes oligopolistic profits.
And even if shareholders wanted to fire Zuckerberg for wasting their money, they couldn’t.
That creep is a one-hit wonder. Like Gates.
DEFINITION: “Meta” is the feminine form of “is dead” in Hebrew along with meaning “beyond” in Greek.
WORDS mean something.
Zuck’s success was a fluke. He’s no entrepreneur.
Zuckerberg is to the US deep-state what Alfried Krupp was to the Third Reich.
It’s really the main reason he has the fortune he does.
I got an Oculus VR set for Christmas a few years ago. It’s a fun thing to play with. Hadn’t had it out in a while. Got it out in May to take on vacation. When I turned it on it wouldn’t pair with anything. Went online for tech help only to find out that Oculus is now owned by Meta. They have been trying to fix the unit for going on three months, including replacing the headset twice. Still nothing. If this is emblematic of Meta’s quality, and from what I’ve read online it is. Then I can see why Meta is losing money.
This Monday morning news....possibly the begining of a
great week! :-)
And Gates’s one hit was actually someone else’s. He brought it for peanuts and the dinosaurs at IBM licensed it but let Gates keep the rights to the OS “because no one cares about software”.
ZuckBucks sucks
I bought a Quest 2 around 2 years ago.
While the technology is pretty amazing the thing is a pain in the ass to wear and use.....especially if you need glasses.
In two years i have probably used it a total of 10 hours.
It may have been doing a huge update....an update that the machine does not tell you about, just a blank screen.
Happened to me once or twice, i just left it on and checked back like an hour later..
Thank you
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