One way to make money in a metaverse would be to artificially create limitations to what a user can do and then sell them the solutions to those problems. So why not add thirst and hunger meters and then sell food items? Or why not make travel non-instantaneous and then sell faster modes of transit?
This is how heavily-monetized games work today and it's not surprising that some in the industry are salivating at the thought of extending this economic model beyond just entertainment.
If the metaverse is truly a decentralized, collaborative space, how can we add these limitations without others breaking them? If all that's stopping them is code, why wouldn't everyone have all the most powerful items, all the time? If the metaverse ever becomes a reality, I promise I will publish a blog post for people to copy/paste some code to make their own custom overpowered equipment and free food and break the whole economic system.
We did, up until Microsoft inherited that role, and now share it with the rest of "FAAMG" (no 'N'). You're basically still correct, only ludicrously -- and I suspect intentionally -- outdated on the identity of the puppet-master.
I'll take your underhanded way of trying to ridicule the idea as a tacit admission that you actually agree it's true, but have some undisclosed motive to discredit it. (Own a lot of Facebook shares, or what?)
If I have to pay for food and transportation to go to a metaverse location to pay my taxes I'll go to the good old web site for free and a fraction of the time.
> I'll go to the good old web site for free and a fraction of the time.
if it still exists. Once the metafart comes to be it will naturally compete with the Web of old, so it will probably look for leverage to extinguish that.
This is how heavily-monetized games work today and it's not surprising that some in the industry are salivating at the thought of extending this economic model beyond just entertainment.