<i>> Web 2.0 holdouts get acquired by big names<p>> Again, hard to predict any of these, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see Pinterest, Twitter, or Etsy get acquired.</i><p>This prediction might be right, but I really hope governments clamp down and prevent the FAANG monopolies from acquiring any more power through acquisitions.
Nothing I have ever read about NFTs ever made me think wow this is real and useful. It's all a grift and yes, someone will be left holding the bag and lose a fortune. Something similar is happening in the retro games market where a group of 6 or 7 rich guys are stroking each other and artificially inflating the prices. These exact same people did the exact same thing for coin collectors in the 80s.
We go further into the metaverse, which I thought is a joke cause Zuckerberg's marketing videos show an AR Glasses experience that doesn't exist nor probably will for a few years or more. Also, I've never been bullish on VR Headsets ... strap that thing to my face to work remotely huh..... BUT<p>Didn't Meta sell oodles of Oculus headsets for Christmas and the latest filters on Instagram are deepfake like where you can become your most hottest self (fool people) ... thus everyone straps on a VR headset and becomes hot is where we might be heading ... people are changing their gender (that is meant as a factual neutral statement only) cause they don't like it ... how many really like themselves...with their deepfake filter they too can get 100s to 1000s of likes just cause they "look," beautiful or hot. Overall the metaverse will it be a good thing for society... hmmm<p>Guess with AR Glasses we'll be able to look our hottest selves to those wearing them too.