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it seems you are confusing the facebook product name, which was stolen from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash (1992), with various immersive virtual reality concepts which have been introduced multiple times throughout science fiction, for example William Gibson's Neuromancer (1984).
so when people condemn the facebook product, it does not mean they condemn the concept - which predates facebook by decades.
it is no surprise that people confuse the facebook product with the concept, because facebook has spent alot of money trying to convince everyone they own the concept. they absolutely do not and this is basically a massive fraud taking place in front of our eyes.
every reason you gave for why it could be good, is all the more reason why this needs to be kept safe from facebook's claws
I'm not sure what gave you that impression, I'm just talking about the metaverse the metaverse, which facebook owns no more than they own the internet. Plenty of other companies are also investing in the concept, like microsoft with their blizzard acquisition. While facebook is branding themselves as Meta and trying to be known as the main compnay behind it, even they don't claim to invent or own the metaverse.
ok sorry i didn't realise you were making more general statements.
imo facebook has demonstrated they're simply too evil to be trusted as the main company behind a concept like this.
i'm doubtful they'll ever come out and blatantly make a false claim like "we invented it", more they'll allow the majority to implicitly believe they did