“Your company suffers more harm when you take away something dear to a user than you gain in benefit by providing something equally valuable to them or others.”
Meta lost four billion dollars on the metaverse last quarter and will kill Echo VR on August 1, a six-year-old game it bought the studio for in 2020. Carmack suggests handing it to one developer, or to the team for $10,000. Meta would rather pull the plug. Every purchase on its platform now comes with an expiry date the buyer never sees.