"Yeah, good luck with that Mark."
Mega Cut
Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant formerly known as Facebook has announced plans to monetize its, uh, work-in-progress Metaverse — and creators are extremely irate at how large a cut the company intends to take.
Earlier in the week, as CNBC reported, Facebook — which has officially rebranded as Meta — announced that it's letting some Horizon Worlds creators sell assets in its Metaverse. Though the company's own blog post about the asset shares didn't list the fees, Meta confirmed to CNBC that in total it'll be extracting a flabbergasting 47.5 percent cut, between the company's own 30 percent hardware platform fee and Horizon World's 17.5 percent fee.
Metaverse Robbery
Unsurprisingly, metaverse creators aren't thrilled by this incredibly high figure.
As one user sardonically tweeted, "the future of work is giving Meta 47.5 percent of your salary, apparently."
"Hey Meta," another quipped, "can I get 47.5 percent of the money you’ve made from selling my data?"
"I'm going to just start referring to Meta as MySpace 2.0," yet another joked.
Check out some of the best, brashest, and most hilarious responses below.
Donations Please
EMERGENCY APPEAL - Donate just 47.5% of your salary today and help a billionaire in need!... 👇#NFTCommunity #Metaverse #meta #GoFundMe pic.twitter.com/siEotvWmdi
— My Pet Hooligan (@mypethooligan) April 15, 2022
Won't you spare 47.5 percent of your sales to help a needy billionaire?
Godspeed
BREAKING: Meta plans to take 50% commission on all NFTs sold in its "metaverse"
Yeah, good luck with that Mark.
— Bankless 🏴 (@BanklessHQ) April 13, 2022
Thoughts and prayers up.
Hypocrisy Now
Zuckerberg: Apple's 30% App Store fees are outrageous
Also Zuckerberg: Meta is going to charge up to 47.5% creator fees in its metaversehttps://t.co/DxUm6xPKXw
— Mike DAOdas (🏌️♂️, ⛳️) (@mdudas) April 12, 2022
Before Taxes
Meta taking 47.5% of every sale on their NFT marketplace shows their complete lack of market research and understanding of the space
We don’t need a greedy out of touch billionaire middlemanning our assets pic.twitter.com/osbraNkaPq
— OKHotshot (@NFTherder) April 13, 2022
Even in the world of web3, this is absolutely untenable.
Clown Emoji
Bruh 🤡😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/2yrgCDTkn1
— Λ R T I C (@Crypto_Artic) April 14, 2022
They said it all.
READ MORE: Meta plans to take a nearly 50% cut on virtual asset sales in its metaverse [CNBC]
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