彭博社消息,VR 行业初创企业指责 Facebook 公司使用垄断策略破坏 VR 行业的竞争,美国反垄断部门已经注意到这点,并正进行调查。Facebook 在 2014 年以 20 亿美元收购了 Oculus。根据市场分析公司 International Data Corporation 的数据,2020 年第二季度,Facebook 在 VR 硬件市场上占有 38.7% 的份额,是行业第一,超过索尼和 HTC。美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)正准备最快在下周对 Facebook 提起反垄断诉讼。但据彭博社报道,这项调查主要集中在该公司收购 Instagram 和 WhatsApp 是否损害了竞争。这家社交媒体巨头去年也遭到了美国司法部的调查,但该调查的细节并没有公布,并且司法部没有回应采访请求。FTC 拒绝发表评
The U.S. antitrust authorities have noticed that the VR industry start-ups have accused Facebook of using monopoly strategies to undermine the competition in the VR industry, according to the news from the Peng Bo news agency. Facebook acquired oculus for $2 billion in 2014. According to International Data Corporation, a market analysis company, in the second quarter of 2020, Facebook accounted for 38.7% of the VR hardware market, ranking first in the industry, surpassing Sony and HTC. The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook as soon as next week. But the survey focused on whether the company's acquisition of instagram and WhatsApp has hurt competition, according to the report. The social media giant was also investigated by the U.S. Department of justice last year, but the details of the investigation were not released, and the Department did not respond to requests for interviews. FTC declined to comment