‘Pergh, it’s okay Meta is about to impose taxes in the metaverse.’
Meta Platform Inc., the owner of Facebook has announced how the company will profit through the introduction of its metaverse, the result of a partnership with Horizon World.
Meta is said to charge a fee of 47.5% of the proceeds from the sale of digital assets and experiences created in the company’s virtual reality platform, Horizon Wolrds.
According to a Meta spokesperson, the total charge consists of 30% of the hardware platform fee for sales made through the Meta Quet Store, which is where it sells virtual reality headset apps and games.
He explained that the remaining 17.5% will be obtained through platform fees at Horizon.
It is common knowledge that earlier this week Meta has started testing tools that allow (creators) to sell digital assets and make money in Horizon Worlds, which is one of the main keys in the company's plan to build a metaverse.
As far as is known Meta Horizon World and Horizon Venues will focus on virtual events that will provide a metaverse -like space on VR social platforms.
Meanwhile, Apple has responded to the Meta charge by stating it was a ‘hypocritical act’.
Apple spokesman Fred Sainz explained that Meta had previously criticized Apple for charging a 30% commission to developers for every app purchase in the Apple Store, but now they are charging creators with more value.
For the record, Mark Zuckerberg has previously stated that the 30% fee that Apple charges on each of its apps in the Apple Store has made it difficult for Meta to open up opportunities for creators to generate revenue from their work.
But, looking at the current situation where Meta will charge creators for the sale of digital assets and the experience created, it doesn’t seem to reflect the company’s objective of wanting to provide opportunities for creators to generate revenue.
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