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Why did the metaverse die? Because Silicon Valley doesn’t understand the concept of fun (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 8 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] thepaperpilot@beehaw.org 14 points 8 months ago

I think this article makes reasonable sense. Also that quote from Spez is so disheartening. Glad I'm not on reddit anymore

[-] Maven@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 8 months ago

God, they even want to make leisure time into a side hustle. Is it so much to ask that they let me not think about my participation in capital for like, two hours?

[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

I've just invented a pillow that bombards your dreams with ads.

For the user it is free, and it is literally the most comfortable pillow you will ever lay your head on

It has a White noise generator, and a built-in fan so that it's constantly the cool side of the pillow. It is exceedingly soft and yet surprisingly supportive but you will see ads every single moment of REM sleep for the rest of your life and once you've gotten used to using it if you stop using it you will never be able to fall asleep again.

Currently Microsoft meta Amazon and Netflix are all in a bidding war to purchase this technology from me.

[-] HububBub@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

Small correction - Steve Huffman is u/spez, he's the current CEO. Alexis Ohanian was one of the co-founders and was on the board of directors for a while but I don't think he's involved with Reddit any more except probably as an investor.