The FTC is said to be investigating Meta’s VR unit for anticompetitive practices
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as well as several states, including New York, Tennessee and North Carolina, are said to be investigating Meta’s virtual reality division regarding potential anticompetitive behavior. Based on , the FTC and the relevant state attorney general began interviewing third-party developers last year to find out if the company was putting them at a disadvantage as it tried to compete with its own software. me or not.
Some third-party developers claim that Meta frequently copies their best ideas and then makes it harder for their apps to work on its headset. Among other developers, the store points to the experience creator . In 2019, he added a feature to his app that allows Oculus Quest owners to stream PC games to their headsets. Meta, then known as Facebook, is said to have threatened to remove the app if Godin didn’t remove the feature. That same year, the company , a feature that allows Quest users to connect the headset to their PC via a USB-C cable.
It is unclear to what extent the FTC can impose formal charges against Meta. The agency declined to comment on the matter because Bloomberg. What is clear, however, is that Meta remains firmly in the FTC’s sights across its various acquisitions. In December, Information agency report has into its proposal buying Studio In. Separately, this week, a federal judge authorized the FTC to conduct a seeks to undo the company’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram.
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