Meta, after spending a lot of money in the Metaverse, VR, AR, glasses, etc ., and frankly being criticised and frowned upon , may actually have its best shot in actually owning a “truly-independent Consumer platform” .

Facebook itself is a platform (there are users, publishers, merchants, advertisers, etc) but it's a platform that is dependent on other platforms , such as the mobile operating system (Google Android, Apple iOS) and the consumer device (Samsung Galaxy, Apple iPhone, etc). This has strategically distinguished Meta from other BigTech companies , such... See more

So, it looks like every consumer-first US BigTech company is running 100 miles per hour to find the next winning mass-adoption computer device , and more importantly, it feels like Meta has a head start on this .