Facebook dove head first into Web3 by rebranding to Meta. However, the tech giant will face great challenges on that journey, the biggest of which is decentralization.
Meta has already experienced a multitude of failures with its stablecoin foray and many experts believe that its metaverse aspirations look misguided at this point as well.
Meta’s metaverse aspiration, unlike its stablecoin projects, doesn’t have any regulatory setbacks, but despite that, the company is struggling to keep up in the Web3 race. This is primarily because, unlike the last decade when Meta could copycat their competitors’ new features , or simply acquire their competitors , they have to build out this entire platform themselves from the ground-up.Additionally, there aren’t many mature acquisition targets in the industry right now, and the U.S.
In July, The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Meta’s acquisition of VR application creator in a bid to restrict the tech giant’s growing monopoly. Later in September, the social media giant waswith a $402 million fine by the Irish Data Protection Commission for its handling of children’s privacy settings on Instagram.
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