development slowed considerably after people returned to offices that had been empty due to the covid pandemic and after a number of key employees left.

I wonder if those two things are related. Hmm.

Also, the return to office was a conscious and forced decision with lots of evidence against it, so boo hoo.

I wonder how much Meta’s image played a role in adoption of their service. Not that the likes of Microsoft/Google are great either, but subjectively I’d still rather let them in then Facebook.

Overall this seems like a sizable blow for Meta imo, considering they are heavily investing in being the platform for VR/AR. Productivity might be one of the important use cases, if it ever gets mainstream traction.