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Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by daxelrod »

wlesieutre wrote: post #293
daxelrod wrote: post #215

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I'm not sure if this is true for the G700s, but many other Logitech mice store the configuration on the device itself, which lets you configure it once and then get rid of the software or use it on computers or OSes where you've never installed the software. This is true for my G502.

It's true for a single configuration, but not if you want to bind different keys per program with the "Automatic Game Detection" mode. I mainly use one profile for games and set any keybinds I need in each one, but I've used automatic game detection for other software like repurposing the DPI adjustment buttons for quick shortcuts to blender's popup radial menus.

Ah, gotcha. The G502 stores something like 5 modes and has a mode switcher button on the mouse, but I could see the convenience of wanting automatic switching per program.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by damnyou »

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #568
whywhywhywhy wrote: post #407

Genuinely think VR would be dead by now and considered a flash in the pan fad if it wasn't for the software and hardware Oculus has done. Valve and HTC just really didn't invest the time and money seriously in the platform and think HL:Alyx only shipped because Oculus dragged the format forward and showed the potential. Just don't get why they're doing this at this point, I'd understand if they had iPhone level sales…

When the actor seems irrational, you should step back and ask "who is the actor and what are their motivations?" This doesn't feel like an act of Facebook as a whole. They should be thinking long term, big picture. Zuckerberg seems to have an image of Neuromancer's Matrix in his head, and we ain't there yet. He'd definitely take this step but I wouldn't think he'd do it until he more solidly owns VR. What I see here…

Correct. The VP is also the person who wrote the "Ugly" memo that was leaked: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-c...

Hardly a surprise.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by Dirlewanger »

triceratops wrote: post #220
the_other wrote: post #80

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Can you unpack that a bit?

If you stop smoking you'll feel better but it's not going to do anything to reduce smoking in the world overall. The only thing that can reduce smoking is the law: taxes, restrictions on where smoking is permitted, and so on. You should still stop smoking (for your own good) but that alone won't change the world.

Don't underestimate the network effect that one person may have by quitting. By sharing their story with others on how they quit, it may inspire others to quit, and so on.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by distances »

cortesoft wrote: post #587
TT3351 wrote: post #478

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Actually you can't, because Facebook will lock your account for inauthentic behavior. Try making a fake account, and see how long you can hold on to it without being extorted for personal, identifiable information.

I set up a fake Facebook profile 10 years ago, because I needed a profile with no friends that I could use for testing some stuff at work. It is still alive and kicking; Facebook keeps sending it emails suggesting friends.

That won't probably work any more. I have a couple of old test accounts, can't create new ones without them being locked right away.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by woeirua »

alickz wrote: post #864
woeirua wrote: post #496

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Until they make you download the FB app to use it, and then they get access to everything you do on your phone and follow you around the internet. So sacrifice your privacy, or sacrifice the Oculus. I know which one I'm going to choose.

Apps don't have access to everything you do on your phone.

You should really look at what the FB app does have access to...

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by aryik »

cruano wrote: post #492
aryik wrote: post #391

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This is why I love the Switch compared to all the other modern consoles. When I try to use a PS4 or an Xbox it feels like I'm fighting to be able to play - 10's of GB's of updates that take hours to "copy" after download, slow system updates, games that need to install for an hour after you put in the disc, etc. etc. The Switch is the first console I've used in years where it seems like the maker of the console actua…

Except when you go into the eshop and have to scroll down pages of shovelware to find anything decent

Fair enough. I haven’t had that experience yet because I’ve been working through the first party titles like Zelda and Mario.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by AndyMcConachie »

nrp wrote: post #140
atarian wrote: post #13

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…

Most of the folks on this thread are commenting from the perspective of 2020, but Facebook had pretty significantly different reputation in 2014, especially around M&A. They had recently brought in both Instagram and WhatsApp without meddling in either their product stacks or their leadership teams. It's easy to claim now that this was all naive, but at the time it was plausible that these organizations and brands wo…

No. Facebook already had a history of lying by 2014.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by jjj1232 »

smolder wrote: post #898
jjj1232 wrote: post #206

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Winner’s Take All by Anand Giridharadas has a few chapters dedicated to B-corps. The issue isn’t that the b-corps themselves are bad, but that relying on a few good companies to fix the problems in the world isn’t going to work, because the bad actors will always more than make up for it. Taking climate change as an example: 100 b-corps going carbon-neutral aren't going to offset the damage Exxon causes to the enviro…

Fighting to pass a carbon tax or green new deal is even less impactful than supporting b corps since those things will never get support from the corrupt political class rolling in what are essentially oil dollars.

That might be true! But there are many people working to unbalance that power dynamic as well.

It’s definitely not a guarantee, but mass movements can force change. Look at Bernie, he came pretty damn close to the nomination even with the entire upper class and media throwing their weight behind his opponents.

Re: Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

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Post by distances »

ibdf wrote: post #387
vmception wrote: post #78

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When you make a facebook account disconnected from a social graph (new email, or unused phone number) facebook shuts down the account. Their position is clear. They’re fucking creeps masquerading any user experience they create as anti-spam.

I made a burner account to be able to login into certain sites that requires fb login. After 2 months without a phone number they disabled it, and since my email was also a burner they removed it. I had then to create an actual email account, and give them my phone number (I don't have a burner number) to be able to activate the account again. Besides my phone number, nothing else is real in there, even my profile im…

Your phone number is probably already verified by being caught in their net from your friends and relatives. I assume it'd be a different situation with a burner number.
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