Only to add it later on once they capture enough additional users.
The sunken cost strategy.
Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#82Earlier 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.
Why the fuck do I need to log into my monitor?
Because you bought a system that only has apps from your monitor's app store available, and that means you have to prove who you are to use them.
It's no different to phones, consoles, etc.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would Facebook be physically prevented from ever accessing or linking to data on the Metafacebookulus account, ad vice versa? If not, sounds like a Facebook account by another name.
It's literally the same company, why would it be prevented?
Exactly, so an "Oculus-specific account" would not actually be an account specific to Oculus, it would be a differently-branded Facebook account, too
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#84Facebook 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…
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Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Oculus isn’t just a monitor, it’s a complete computer system with its own OS. If you just want a VR headset that is purely a monitor, buy one of those.
And an app store. It obviously needs some kind of login.
I can use an Android or iOS devices without logging into their respective app stores easily, hopefully they allow similar on Oculus.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would Facebook be physically prevented from ever accessing or linking to data on the Metafacebookulus account, ad vice versa? If not, sounds like a Facebook account by another name.
It's literally the same company, why would it be prevented?
Because of the security and risk implication of not preventing it. Goldman Sachs is both an investment bank and an asset management firm, literally the same company. However, they have clear protocols in place to separate the two sides because otherwise the opportunities for impropriety are too high. I could see a similar argument for separating Facebook and Oculus accounts.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#87Facebook account will become meta account. Oculus will transition to meta account. There will be no difference.
Umm, what again is the criticism for crating meta account vs creating oculus account(without fb)? I think at this point whatever fb does it will be criticised?
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
And an app store. It obviously needs some kind of login.
I can use an Android or iOS devices without logging into their respective app stores easily, hopefully they allow similar on Oculus.
What would you do with it? Side load apps? The games in the app store are presumably the reason 99% of people buy it.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#89It 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.
> does it really matter if they’re different accounts? Yes. If you lose access to one, you can keep the other.
You assume that linking them will prevent any bans from propagating from one to the other.
Re: Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
#90Facebook account will become meta account. Oculus will transition to meta account. There will be no difference.
UploadVR asked Andrew Bosworth directly. https://uploadvr.com/quest-2-unlinking-facebook-accounts/ Quote: We asked Bosworth directly if we could unlink and delete our Facebook accounts from Quest and still keep our software purchases, to which he simply replied: “Yup”.
Plot twist. When you delete your fb account, your identity is switched to your shadow profile and any account you subsequently link to your oculus is linked to that shadow profile