FTC 是否不公平地针对 Meta？还是他们的垄断主张有所作为？真相大白于联邦贸易委员会诉讼针对前身为 Facebook 的公司。他们的目标很明确，即阻止 Meta 收购广受欢迎的 Supernatural 应用程序的创建者 Within Unlimited。 “该机构的投诉指出，根据 Within 的联合创始人兼首席执行官的说法，“健身是 VR 的杀手级用例，”因此这很重要。
“联邦贸易委员会正在寻求阻止虚拟现实巨头 Meta 及其控股股东兼首席执行官马克扎克伯格收购 Within Unlimited 及其广受欢迎的虚拟现实专用健身应用程序 Supernatural。 Meta，前身为 Facebook，已经是虚拟现实领域各个层面的关键参与者。”
乍一看，这个案子甚至可能显得微不足道。不过，在做出决定之前，请继续阅读并了解 FTC 的全部论点。他们可能有道理。
Meta 收购了最受欢迎的头显制造商 Oculus VR, Inc。他们还拥有 Quest Store，“一个领先的美国应用程序平台，有 400 多个应用程序可供下载。”此外，到目前为止，他们已经收购了“七家最成功的虚拟现实开发工作室，现在拥有世界上最大的第一方虚拟现实内容目录之一。”
不仅如此，这七个 VR 开发工作室之一是 Beat Saber 应用程序的创建者，它是 Supernatural 应用程序的直接竞争对手。根据 FTC 的说法，让他们购买 Within Unlimited 会抑制“未来的创新和竞争”。为了说明这一点，联邦贸易委员会的新闻稿引用了联邦贸易委员会竞争局副局长约翰·纽曼的话。
“Meta 不是靠实力竞争，而是试图靠花钱达到顶峰。 Meta 已经拥有一款最畅销的虚拟现实健身应用程序，并且它有能力与 Within 广受欢迎的 Supernatural 应用程序展开更紧密的竞争。但 Meta 选择购买市场地位，而不是靠功绩赢得它。 这是非法收购，我们将寻求一切适当的救济。”
Meta 是否试图垄断 VR 领域？CNBC 发表公司官方答复。
“Meta 发言人在一份声明中表示，此案“是基于意识形态和猜测，而不是证据。认为此次收购将在一个动态空间中导致反竞争结果的想法是不可信的，这个动态空间的进入和增长与在线和互联健身一样多。”
Meta的回应可信吗？联邦贸易委员会在做些什么吗？
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在 Metaverse 方面，Meta 的完全统治似乎更难实现。尽管如此，正如更名所证明的那样，这才是公司真正的抱负所在。最近，Meta 揭示了这个梦想有多大到目前为止，他们付出了代价。
“该公司周四报告称，其专注于元宇宙的名为 Reality Labs 的部门季度亏损 28.1 亿美元。因此，该部门今年迄今的亏损高达 57.8 亿美元。
Meta 首席执行官马克·扎克伯格 (Mark Zuckerberg) 出于各种原因将元宇宙描述为一个“巨大的机会”，并表示在数字领域建立平台将“随着时间的推移释放数千亿美元，甚至数万亿美元”。
这与联邦贸易委员会的诉讼有什么关系？ VR 空间不是元宇宙，但它们可能有一天会融合在一起。那一天可能在遥远的未来，但 Meta 显然是在打一场持久战。不过，Meta 是否正在建立不公平的垄断？这是由 FTC 来证明并由法院来决定的。
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