They are popular but anecdotally, if the general public is anything like me, they would be more likely to use those products if they werent owned by FB.
Don't you think Bing's search revamp will also eat into the FB ad business? IMO, there is enough contextual info supplied by users during queries to better target users with injected ads than competitors.
>Poor performance? Meta is doing great and just had one year of not insane growth.
Public sentiment is terrible and if that's a reliable leading indicator, the company will be in trouble if it doesnt continually diversify into products that distance themselves from the core brand.
>Perhaps something will come along that makes blockchain and other crypto concepts viable and valuable to society, it ain't here yet though. So I don't see how anybody can justify an Argentina's worth off energy usage.
Central banking finally has a freer market and you can choose (or create) an asset with your preferred monetary policy...
Avoiding or atleast limiting exposure to global currency debasement is now a possibility when you choose the right product/chain/coin. That's a problem that costs workers around the world 100s of trillions of dollars and it's being solved.