Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Wednesday that approximately 47% of the price of virtual objects sold on its virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon Worlds will be returned to it.
The information immediately sparked outraged reactions online.
The social media giant said on Monday that it wanted to allow designers to sell clothes and other virtual accessories to users of its metaverse dance platform.
But Oculus, its VR company, and the platform itself will each charge a commission.
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If a creator sells an item for a dollar, they will only make a profit of $0.53.
This revenue sharing has been widely criticized.
“Great place to start a business,” quipped a cryptocurrency expert on Twitter.
“[An actor] irresponsible builds another platform and abuses its monopoly to make profits,” also tweeted Accountable Tech, an NGO advocating better regulation of social networks.
The commission rate goes particularly badly in view of the battle between Meta and Apple.
Facebook and other companies accuse the Apple brand of taking too high a commission from the App Store, which collects 30% of app sales and goods and services sold within apps.
"In our efforts to build the metaverse, we're careful to create opportunities for creators to make money from their work," Mark Zuckerberg said in November 2021. tougher, so we've changed our subscription products so creators earn more.
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