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I’ve been wanting to buy an Oculus Quest since lockdown started, but I’ve been having trouble finding one in stock for a reasonable price. I guess I’m glad I didn’t succeed in purchasing one, and now I won’t be buying one at all.
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I also spent an extra $100 to buy a Vive instead of a Rift. I didn't predict this exact action but I didn't trust Facebook to keep their fingers off of it
I wish I'd done the same. Oculus Home is a truly atrocious piece of software and frankly I haven't touched my Rift in a year because of it.
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Facebook deals in contracts, not promises and even if it was contractually agreed upon, what would you do about it? Sue? At a guess you'd count the money one more time, shrug and maybe send a short apologetic note about how terrible you feel about it. And then count the money again.
My moral compass would get real wobbly if I had (insert some unfathomable number here) in my bank account following an acquisition. Probably not a great thing to confess to but I doubt I’d find myself caring what my acquirer was doing with their new real estate.
As an anecdotal example, many companies are now using instagram for image hosting that pester/ requires me to sign up. I say no thank you and move on, I'm not adversely affected but maybe that company loses some business.
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Those who say they can’t be bought are either saints (rare), or have never had a reasonable chance of being offered their price. Most humans will get very morally flexible once offered enough resources; this is precisely why we have contracts and courts, to create structural systems more capable of upholding agreements than individual humans can do alone.
It's also why we have immutable smart contracts on the blockchain. Can't be evil > don't be evil
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just a nit: Facebook does not collect "shadow profiles".
Facebook does collect shadow profiles, despite its denials. https://theconversation.com/shadow-profiles-facebook-knows-a... https://www.zdnet.com/article/anger-mounts-after-facebooks-s... https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17225482/facebook-shadow-... https://www.cnet.com/news/shadow-profiles-facebook-has-infor... https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/11/facebook-shadow-profiles-h... The House Committee interview in the las…
This is something that still completely baffles me about the "IoT"/"smart devices"/"connected devices"/"whatever you want to call it" space. If someone advertised a device as capable of doing X without it in fact being able to do X, they'd be liable for false advertising. If someone sold you a device, then took it back or destroyed it, they'd be liable for theft or destruction of property. Nevertheless, if someone se…
I bought a bunch of switches because the offered local control and no account needed, now an account is required to set up anything new and local control is apparently going away. I’m now wary of anything that needs a proprietary app at all which would give them the ability to do this in the first place.
* http://www.openhmd.net/index.php/devices/
* https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/ligh...
I'm amazed so many people care. Not having a Facebook account for me is social suicide. Helps that Messenger is a very good messaging app and Facebook the main site is a good timewaster. Make a throwaway one if you really despise Facebook so much.