Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

Post by Razengan » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:25 AM UTC

esperent wrote: post #663

Razengan wrote: post #646

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> We're seeing this right now with Epic's Tim Sweeney suing Apple for its mandatory cut on all digital goods. I hope Epic wins this case against Apple. It's amazing how everyone who brings that up avoids this question: Does Epic allow anyone to create and and sell content for Fortnite, without giving Epic any money? Do Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo allow other stores on their consoles?

> Do Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo allow other stores on their consoles? Good idea, let's make that a requirement too. The law could be something like "if you sell a general purpose computing device, you're not allowed to mandate software vendor lockin". That would open up so many possibilities, it would be great for the people who own consoles.

Post by Dylan16807 » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:26 AM UTC

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You need internet to download games to your oculus quest, so it makes sense to have an account to keep track of what games you own no? I still don't understand what people have against this change. You needed an oculus account prior to this, now it's a facebook account, what's the big deal?

Really? I have never and will never have a facebook account, so this expensive device is now a paper weight..

Post by quinndiggity » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:28 AM UTC

ccktlmazeltov wrote: post #404

eugeniub wrote: post #22

Well this is horrifying. I bought a Quest for a relative. He loves it, but he doesn't have a Facebook account, and has no interest in signing up. I have a Facebook account, but I don't use it, and I certainly don't want to connect my Oculus account. I guess we'll both have to sell our Quests. That means we'll lose all of our game purchases. I came to Oculus with eyes wide open knowing it was a Facebook company, but t…

How hard is it to create a facebook account?

Post by d3nj4l » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

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Good luck enforcing GDPR against any of the malign actors you should most wish to enforce GDPR against

Facebook and everything associated with it is doing everything they can to be and remain GDPR compliant. Facebook has already been fined under the GDPR so it looks like that enforcement is working.

Post by d3nj4l » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 2:47 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #253

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Good luck enforcing GDPR against any of the malign actors you should most wish to enforce GDPR against

Facebook and everything associated with it is doing everything they can to be and remain GDPR compliant. Facebook has already been fined under the GDPR so it looks like that enforcement is working.