Is Oculus Going to Miss Its Potential?

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i worry vr in general, is going to mis hitting its potential because they are trying to push it into somethin that it's not even that wike just where's the bit like whee, top alignment. You have your business model line. You have to have the market aline, your position in the market, your strength and weaknesses. And this just feels like another example where i completely agree with you about oculus. This thing is going to miss its potential. That's exactly where they should be watching the response to tik tok, not watching another ap which has never worked for them. Slike they don't understand the fundamental nature of the aps that they

Ben and James discuss Facebook from multiple angles, including child sexual abuse material, encryption, Oculus, and a leaked all-hands meeting.

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Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? — New York Times
Ben Thompson: Child Sexual Abuse Material Online, The Problem With Community, Towards More Friction — Stratechery
Casey Newton: Read The Full Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Internal Facebook Meetings — The Verge
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s All-Hands Leak, Facebook Versus Warren, Zuckerberg’s Culture
— Stratechery
Attorney General Bill Barr Will Ask Zuckerberg To Halt Plans For End-To-End Encryption Across Facebook’s Apps — BuzzFeed News
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s Privacy Cake — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Beachheads and Obstacles — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery