The Mozilla Hubs offering has been around for several years. Lucas described a preview version of the service for 2018 like this: “It’s not Second Life, it’s not even Facebook Spaces; it is quite discreet. You are just a humble robot hanging out with other robots who are hopefully your friends.”

The service has expanded features since then (including the arrival of non-robot avatars), but the basic Second Life environment remains intact. Mozilla notes that over the years, Hubs has hosted a number of different meetups, from events and virtual classrooms to art galleries.

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Today it presents a subscription version of the service. Is this simply an effort to charge for what Mozilla has offered for free? According to an FAQ on an associated blog post:

Nope….