Most young people have never even heard of SL. Most of those who have believe what mass media imply, namely that SL was shut down around 2008/2009. The rest believes that the concept of virtual worlds as well as the term "Metaverse" have been invented by Mark Zuckerberg, just like Zuckerberg has allegedly invented the concept of social networks, Apple has invented the smartphone, and Microsoft has invented the graphical user interface or the operating system while we're at it.
Besides, something that's free and open-source is uncool and something for pimply nerds with no life, something that doesn't require level-grinding is boring, and young gamers would never touch anything that doesn't run the latest, greatest high-end graphics engine.
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