As much as TFA reflects how I think, it reminds me of how I thought about Dropbox - I never had a need for it because for reasonably technical people, it was always trivial to set this kind of thing up using ancient technology.

I suppose similar to SSID, the Metaverse is a marketing plot to bring what's already happening (for decades!) in some circles to a wider audience. And marketing being a complex problem, I believe it's largely up to chance whether it succeeds in the long run or not.