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Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Beat saber is a surprisingly good cardio workout - lots of squatting, moving around etc.

Does sweat not affect the Oculus Quest?

You can buy little covers to keep the sweat from stinking up the device but yeah sweat is a small issue.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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post #18

Facebook account will become meta account. Oculus will transition to meta account. There will be no difference.

No, this would be an Oculus-specific account. There are enough legitimate criticisms of Facebook that we don't have to go around inventing false ones. Edited to cite the announcement transcript[1]: > And as we’ve focused more on work, and frankly, as we’ve heard your feedback more broadly, we’re on making it so you can log into Quest with an account other than your personal Facebook account . > ... I know this is a b…

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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post #38

It begs the question: if they host the social media account and VR account and can reliably identify / link them on their end, and the laws and terms allow them to do so, does it really matter if they’re different accounts? It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account. For everyone else: I would assume that they will identify your accounts reliably.

>It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account. That's making the assumption that Facebook isn't just going to eventually force everyone to a "meta" account that spans all of their properties. Which is exactly what I expect they're going to do.

If so then it would be a repeat of what they did with Oculus. They've certainly demonstrated their capability. I personally won't be considering any Meta hardware or software until they've demonstrated some seriously benevolent and sustained changes.

I was just trying to comment about what this means right now for people invested in hardware and on the fence.

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this would be an Oculus-specific account. There are enough legitimate criticisms of Facebook that we don't have to go around inventing false ones. Edited to cite the announcement transcript[1]: > And as we’ve focused more on work, and frankly, as we’ve heard your feedback more broadly, we’re on making it so you can log into Quest with an account other than your personal Facebook account . > ... I know this is a b…

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

You log into an ipad. What's the difference?

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Mark's statement was worded carefully in that he stated access would not longer require your _personal_ Facebook account. I interpreted this to mean you'll still need a Facebook account, but it would be through a Facebook for Work account (although I'm not sure if today these are distinct entities).

Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?! it's bad enough the driver demands a running application which tries to sell me shit and pushes me into a place I don't want to be at all. It's literally hijacking my computer.

You log into an ipad. What's the difference?

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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement

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post #5

Facebook could just as easily change the policy again. Meh

I believe EU laws are the main driver for this change. As an aside, the Quest 2 would have been a break away hit, if they didn’t make the FB login a requirement last year though

Was still a breakaway hit.
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