Last Update: February 13, 2023, 08:30 IST
Meta is planning more headsets
Leaksters also received money for sharing details about an unreleased product.
Meta has located the leaker who shared details of the company’s unannounced Virtual Reality (VR) headset with the YouTuber.
The company was investigating the source of renders of VR headsets that were published last year by a YouTuber named Brad Lynch.
In an internal post seen by The Verge, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth informed employees about the news earlier this week.
Bosworth said the company has severed ties with the leaker, who was a third-party contractor.
The leaker asked Lynch for a revenue share from YouTube ads running next to his videos.
Bosworth further noted that the anonymous leaker received a small sum for sharing the information with Lynch.
The report added that when Lynch was contacted for comment, he did not deny that he split the income from the YouTube channel’s ads with the source.
He said, “Maybe they asked because I was not ready to pay much earlier.”
“I’m just a guy who loves VR and enjoys talking with industry friends and reporting what I hear. And I’m certainly not getting rich from it,” he said.
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