Apple and Second Life slam Meta over fees for metaverse creators
-pcgamer.com
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As an SL'er with 14 years, I can tell you that the metaverse will be nothing like SL. The metaverse is specifically designed to monetize digital products and real-world products for corporations, while simultaneously breaching your privacy by constantly surveilling your online presence(s). Corporations are already "complicit" in data mining yours' and my private information - we all know this. Corporations, then, sell your data to others (to sell you more stuff).
Will the metaverse actually happen?
Yes, yes it will. Of course, it will. There is $ in them thar hills. But think about it for a minute, when the first trains were introduced, they were called demonic mechanical monsters that would cause women's uteruses to fly out of their bodies when they hit 50 mph, or humans would simply "melt" going that fast. The automobile was considered noisy, erratic and cumbersome while, also, belief that women were incapable of driving because they were prone to hysterics and the vapors. There are always "negatives" to new inventions that become ubiquitous in our lives (for example, the telephone and radio). Although most of the negatives were unfounded, our illogical fears, there are some real downsides to each new wave of technology. For example, trains were not demons, women didn't become sterile, but the native American tribes were devasted, buffalo were wiped out, no small amount of environmental pollution and thousands of workers died in the service of developing railways.
The biggest concern regarding the metaverse is that you, personally, will be digitally packaged, monetized, sold, and resold down to your nose hairs, eye identification, and DNA. So, be smart, make sure you understand this "new-fangled contraption" before you launch. Protect yourself and learn how to make it "work for you" and not against you!
Does the metaverse really sound like the decentralized virtual heaven the "sellers" are touting? I think not! This is my opinion as a writer and isn't a vetted, factual news piece. However, I think everyone who is curious about the metaverse should employ their critical thinking skills by deep diving all the news and information they can on the internet to discover who actually benefits from a decentralized metaverse! I read somewhere that "if it's free on the internet it is because YOU are the product!" Well, I agree with this assessment, too. Go ahead, research away. Then, come join SL because this is where we build, create, design, and run our own economy for ourselves! It's brilliant, fun, and always "the virtual world built for human connection!"
