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>If you’re an existing user and choose not to merge your accounts, you can continue using your Oculus account for two years. At least this gives me enough time to sell my Oculus and buy from another company.
I deleted FB for a reason and it will stay that way.
A shame that their shitty growth hacking position will contribute more e-waste to the environment unless the headset can be fully jailbroken.
I came to Oculus with eyes wide open knowing it was a Facebook company, but this news still sucks.
I made an FB account just for Oculus apps that need it. It has no personal information about me except email address.
If it's connected to your desktop, it can also use all the dark patterns Facebook knows to tie it to your other activities ...
Palmer Luckey, the original creator had this to say over on /r/oculus: I am already getting heat from users and media outlets who say this policy change proves I was lying when I consistently said this wouldn't happen, or at least that it was a guarantee I wasn't in a position to make. I want to make clear that those promises were approved by Facebook in that moment and on an ongoing basis, and I really believed it w…
I don't want to assume bad intent, but I find it hard to believe that someone could be so naive about the project and the organization controlling it.
I made an FB account just for Oculus apps that need it. It has no personal information about me except email address.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>My monitor, mouse and keyboard don't require any accounts (yet?) I take it you don't have any Razer devices.
The Razer accounts are in no way mandatory. They just have an app that auto-updates drivers (and probably does a lot of data mining) but you don't need to use it to use the device. It is a funny comment though, I laughed when I read it.
So if I don't have a Facebook account and I buy an Oculus Quest after October, does this mean I may have to submit a copy of my driver's license just to set up a piece of consumer electronics?
You need to submit a copy of your driver's license for a FB account these days??
If I ever move my racing sim rig to VR, it's definitely not going to be an Oculus.
Palmer Luckey, the original creator had this to say over on /r/oculus: I am already getting heat from users and media outlets who say this policy change proves I was lying when I consistently said this wouldn't happen, or at least that it was a guarantee I wasn't in a position to make. I want to make clear that those promises were approved by Facebook in that moment and on an ongoing basis, and I really believed it w…