Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?
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To make the case for the economic bounty of the metaverse, Meta cites a study “commissioned by Meta and produced by Deloitte.” And guess what? The study Meta paid for finds that the social network is on to something – in as non-committal a way as possible.
There is a disclaimer about the third-party data cited in the report: “Deloitte has neither sought to corroborate this information nor to review its overall reasonableness.” But hey, who among us hasn’t issued a report we won’t stand behind? Just because Deloitte insists “no information in the Final Report should be relied upon in any way by any third party” doesn’t mean we can’t be blindly enthusiastic about investing in the metaverse.
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