So funny that we still have to call the company "Meta" after they basically abandoned the VR pivot, like if Microsoft had renamed itself Zune
@ingrid like how I still call IHOP “international house of burgers” just to spite them for that one gimmick ad campaign, except Meta is doing it to themselves
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Still microslop's best product.
@ingrid When you bet the farm, lose, but somehow still have a farm
@ingrid Edsel Motor Company
@ingrid it might be about that time https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/110573195055306394
@ingrid Meta is short for Metastasis
@ingrid I really don't think the idea ever had legs.
@ingrid Except there's people who actually liked the Zune.
@ingrid Off topic a bit but one of my favourite MS facts is that they released their “iPod killer” Zune six months before Apple released the iPhone.
@ingrid I would've bought a zune in a heartbeat if it had worked with my Mac
@ingrid At least some people had fun with Zune...
@ingrid If Meta decides to rebrand Faceplant is probably available.
@ingrid I just call them Facebook.
@ingrid the alternate timeline where i’m typing this on my Newton iPhone