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Does anyone think that the Fediverse would make a much better next phase for the web then all of this Metaverse bull? (lemm.ee)
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I'd much rather see sites like Lemmy, PeerTube, and Mastodon see widespread adoption then the dystopian cyberpunk fever dream in the head of Zuckerburg. Did you not read the novel dude? It's a freaking warning! That's like Jeff Bezos reading Fahrenheit 451 and going "holy crap dude, gotta make that a reality like, yesterday!" I want the Fediverse, not the Metaverse! Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, the Fediverse is actually awesome. It's decentralized, there's so many open-source implementations, etc etc. The Fediverse is what Zuckerberg wishes the Metaverse could be.

[–] Spendies@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I respectfully disagree.

Zuck wants the metaverse to be what they show in the Ready Player One movie, which is not even close to what the fediverse is trying to be in any way.

He wants everyone to live in a virtual world that he alone controls.

[–] marv99@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree (also respectfully), just wanted to add, as I have seen the movie yesterday (and know the book), that the Oasis in Ready Player One is a not really a bad place. So the original OASIS is not what Meta want to have.

IOI (and Meta) want to transform an OASIS into their dystopian metaverse, like shown in the movie when IOI proudly presented their plans: a company's dream of monetarizing every breath you take while exploiting everyone except their shareholders.

[–] QuoteNat@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The irony is that if my memory of how it's described in the book serves me correctly, the OASIS there was basically a pay to win free to play game even without the big bad corporation taking over. Like it's an entire plot point during the beginning of the book that the main character is stuck on the world for a virtual school because he can't afford the in game transportation fare to leave it.

[–] Spendies@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I think you're right. My memory of the book is rustier, I know they changed a lot, and I can't remember all of the differences. My thought was mostly that Zuck is looking for more along the lines of what the evil corporation that wants to take it over would turn it into. Not what it was to start with.