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Post by liendolucas »

solid_fuel wrote: post #309

Meta locked two games I already paid for - Blade & Sorcery VR and Beat Saber - behind account verification on the Quest 2. I already bought both of these, played them for a while, but now it won't let me use the headset without "verifying" my facebook account by sending them a photograph of my drivers license. Neither of these games are online, neither allow me to interact with other users in any way. I will never bu…

This. Also (if possible) move away from Facebook. I have zero respect for this company, no matter what they do or come up with.

Always remember that you are under their will, be your data, be the devices you purchase from them or any other thing that is related to them.

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Post by jodrellblank »

bigyabai wrote: post #166
JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

Well, your loss. My Oculus Quest remains the best $400 I ever spent on consumer tech.

8 days ago you would never buy a gimmicky device. Now a screen facehugger (which does even less than an iPad and is useful in even fewer situations) is the best thing you ever bought?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45188372

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Post by makeitdouble »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #116

>Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are designed to help you look up and stay present. With a quick glance at the in-lens display, you can accomplish everyday tasks—like checking messages, previewing photos, and collaborating with visual Meta AI prompts Can you imagine trying to talk to someone face to face, but they are giving you a blank stare as random notifications and tiktok videos are being beamed inbetween their eye…

Imagine talking with someone face to face and there's a giant tv right behind you pumping inflammatory news headlines.

That's a present day situation but I never seen anyone shaking their fist at tvs screens in cafes.

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Post by victorbjorklund »

I saw a review on these glasses on YouTube end for the first time I feel like: Okay now we're actually approaching something interesting. This is the first point where I feel like there is some glasses that I actually would want to wear almost. I probably still won't buy these because it's still the first generation of these types of glasses but I think it's promising in the sense that you know in a few years we probably will have some things that are really really good.

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Post by input_sh »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #301
bitmasher9 wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instagram or WhatsApp are absolutely critical for daily functioning in certain circles of humanity.

WhatsApp. Instagram not really. WhatsApp has unfortunately become "official" (not in a figure of speech) mode of communication in certain countries, one of which has more than a billion people in it.

Instagram as well absolutely. There's all sorts of "small business owners" whose entire existence is conducted via an Instagram account and DMs, the same way there were entire businesses that operated via Facebook pages in the past.

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Post by leokennis »

paxys wrote: post #236
JKCalhoun wrote: post #115

They have a brand problem. Absolutely no way I buy anything from Meta.

Meta has close to 4 billion people worldwide using one or more of their products. Their brand problem doesn't extend much further than the HN comment section.

Actually Facebook and WhatsApp are the only products I know of where even completely non-tech people like my mom or the other parents at my soccer game have ever mentioned something along the lines of "yeah I did X on Facebook so now whatshisname Zekkerburg knows about it too..."

These people probably have zero awareness about cookies, tracking, online disinformation campaigns and online security in general...yet the one "tech" thing they know is that Facebook spies on you.

Everyone is aware of how Meta kills privacy in their products. The products are still useful, especially at price point "free". And they are still riding on an installed base and network effect from a time before we cared that much about the privacy infringement.

But, actually paying for the privilege of being the product...that seems like an extremely hard sell from Facebook for me.

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Post by JustExAWS »

signatoremo wrote: post #320
JustExAWS wrote: post #289

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Chinese government can’t do anything to affect my daily life. I would much rather the Chinese government know everything about me.

So you wouldn’t have problems with Meta if they weren’t American? Do you think Chinese people should use Meta’s products, if they were available there?

That kind of seems logically to me if Meta isn’t sharing data with the Chinese government.

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Post by HaZeust »

wronglebowski wrote: post #22

The live demo of this is brutal. https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1968469616545452055

I have mad respect to them for actually attempting this on the fly - especially a public company. Nothing really to gain versus a scripted demo, and absolutely everything to lose. Admirable.

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Post by 8f2ab37a-ed6c »

What's with the trend in photography with lighting the subject's face in chunks? I know they're trying to drive your attention towards the wrist and the eyeglasses, but having half the face be blocked out by a flag or masked in post is super distracting.
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