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   mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 00:22:00 JST mcc

   One of the most difficult things about attempting to develop for Oculus headsets is that Facebook simply *cannot stick to a single strategy for any length of time*. Not just headsets but entire *product categories* (the Go, and then the Pro) have been discontinued after only a single year. A VR game of the quality you see on Oculus's official store takes several years to complete and by the time you do Facebook's focus, and product lineup, can look totally different. https://mixed-news.com/en/meta-quest-pro-canceled/

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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 00:22:00 JST mcc

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     On an mostly-unrelated note, a data point for whether "Meta" is a defensible trademark: If you contact Procter & Gamble about their "Metamucil" line of products, it turns out this is the name that the entity that responds identifies with

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 00:22:00 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     @mcc Trademarks need to be unique within a domain, e.g. computer software.

     There can be Meta baby food and a Meta social network or whatever trademark happily coexisting.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:03:04 JST Paul Cantrell

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     [mocking spongebob text] now Google wants to cancel cardboard! No more boxes for anyone!! cancel culture run amok!!!

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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:03:05 JST mcc

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     Remembering that time Google cancelled a cardboard box. How is that even possible. It's just cardboard https://mastodon.social/@RainbowWarrior@gaycity.lgbt/110747000548389889

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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 01:03:06 JST mcc

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     *Entirely* unrelated note: Did you know TikTok sells a VR headset? It's available in east Asia and Europe but not the Americas.

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     ROTOPE~1 :yell: (rotopenguin@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 02:46:35 JST ROTOPE~1 :yell:

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs there can be Apple record label and Apple computers and Apple Itunes Store…

     uh oh

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 02:46:35 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • ROTOPE~1 :yell:

     @rotopenguin That’s why the Apple record label sued when Apple Computer announced the iTunes Store