Meta faces backlash from Netizens for Launching Designer Clothes for Virtual Avatars

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has lately created an online Avatars Store with clothing and other items for users' digital avatars. The first digital apparel labels offered by Meta will be Prada, Balenciaga, and Thom Browne. "We're introducing our Avatars Store on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger so you can buy digital clothes to design your avatar," Mark Zuckerberg said on his official Facebook account. “Digital goods will be an important way to express yourself in the metaverse and a big driver of the creative economy." 

Need a fresh fit for your avatar? We're launching our Avatars Store on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger so you can buy digital clothes. Mark Zuckerberg and @evachen212 tried out new looks from @BALENCIAGA @Prada @ThomBrowne ✨https://t.co/7SN0hdYz2D pic.twitter.com/Bp9zeK2ZNl

— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) June 17, 2022

The new trend has received a lot of backlash on the internet. Some users calls it “dumb” while others “corporate shit”. Check out the reactions below:-

The point of clothes in virtual worlds are to live fantasies. Like getting a dragon avatar with sexy fairy clothes

Not this bland corporate shit https://t.co/yUgZF2OMXp

— 💙💛 Summerium-Kalimium 🇪🇺 (@SummeriumOEP) June 19, 2022

No one wants this. https://t.co/FMLtl7k9F4

— Dave Troy 🌻 (@davetroy) June 19, 2022

Remarkable that Balenciaga, Prada and Thom Browne consented to this. https://t.co/hmWl7eAU2y

— David Grunwald (@st_eppel) June 19, 2022

I cannot express to you enough how much hatred I feel for the fact they used Mark's face as the model. https://t.co/tvP1h1LHV3

— Lightning Larry Lu-Shea-ano 🐌🌹🌅 (@RealSlimSheady_) June 18, 2022

The future has arrived and it’s pretty fucking sad$meta https://t.co/fxObEc9uAM

— Rick Bomstein (@BomsteinRick) June 18, 2022

How do they look worse than the Xbox360 avatars and funkopops combined https://t.co/GGloXSJfrv

— Toby Pinder (@tobypinder) June 18, 2022

who in their right mind is gonna pay for facebook mii clothes?

— dr_melski (@dr_melski) June 18, 2022

As if it weren't stupid enough to spend tens of thousands to buy such horrid clothing in real life, now you get the chance to buy a computerized version of the same insanely expensive clothing, for your Avatar to wear. https://t.co/YOtW51u7CT

— Arturo Portilla (@Arturo_P_A) June 18, 2022

literally who asked for this. we’re struggling to pay for essentials right now.

— Tiffany (@tiff_wang) June 18, 2022

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