Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning
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Meta收购VR健身应用Supernatural后，近期裁员举措引发用户担忧。新墨西哥州用户Tencia Benavidez等长期使用者表示，该应用不仅解决了偏远地区健身难题，其教练团队的真诚互动与社区氛围尤为珍贵。2022年Meta收购时曾遭遇美国联邦贸易委员会反垄断诉讼，部分用户曾对资本注入抱有期待。如今组织调整使忠实用户群体感到失落。
Tencia Benavidez, a Supernatural user who lives in New Mexico, started her VR workouts during the Covid pandemic. She has been a regular user in the five years since, calling the ability to work out in VR ideal, given that she lives in a rural area where it’s hard to get to a gym or work out outside during a brutal winter. She stuck with Supernatural because of the community and the eagerness of Supernatural’s coaches.
“They seem like really authentic individuals that were not talking down to you,” Benavidez says. “There's just something really special about those coaches.”
Meta bought Supernatural in 2022, folding it into its then-heavily-invested-in metaverse efforts. The purchase was not a smooth process, as it triggered a lengthy legal battle in which the US Federal Trade Commission tried to block Meta from purchasing the service due to antitrust concerns about Meta “trying to buy its way to the top” of the VR market. Meta ultimately prevailed. At the time, some Supernatural users were cautiously optimistic, hoping that big bag of Zuckerbucks could keep its workout juggernaut afloat.
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