Tell HN: Oculus will delete purchases if you don’t switch to a meta account

#1

Post by galoisscobi » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 11:02 PM UTC

Just received an email from Meta, part of it states:

“Starting January 1, 2024, we will start deleting old Oculus accounts to ensure that we are not keeping Oculus account data longer than necessary. If you do not create a Meta account by this date, your Oculus data (including associated apps, content and games you have downloaded or purchased) will be deleted.”

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#2

Post by BiteCode_dev » Fri, Jan 06, 2023, 11:45 PM UTC

If you are in Europe, this is likely illegal. But I don't think anybody has deep pockets enough to try to bring that to court.

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Post by benp84 » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 12:31 AM UTC

Why are they so adamant about destroying whatever goodwill they have left?

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#4

Post by GauntletWizard » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 12:52 AM UTC

https://time.com/38366/here-are-7-promises-oculus-has-made-a... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/facebook-login-adds-r... https://www.quora.com/Do-you-need-a-Facebook-account-to-use-...

This has changed back and forth twice now in the less than 10 years since Oculus launched.

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Post by reason-mr » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 12:55 AM UTC

Go ahead. Recent reviews of your device have not been positive, and the apple device will be out soon.

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Post by awinter-py » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 1:15 AM UTC

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #2

If you are in Europe, this is likely illegal. But I don't think anybody has deep pockets enough to try to bring that to court.

margrethe vestager's pockets are pretty deep and also get deeper if she wins

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Post by awinter-py » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 1:16 AM UTC

ah this explains why they were so into legs

Login or Erase Games Sold

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Post by snvzz » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 1:25 AM UTC

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #2

If you are in Europe, this is likely illegal. But I don't think anybody has deep pockets enough to try to bring that to court.

One way would be to get the public prosecutor (i.e. EU itself) involved.

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#9

Post by latchkey » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 1:30 AM UTC

I sold mine and won't be buying another one, so the purchases are moot any way.

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Post by mindcrash » Sat, Jan 07, 2023, 1:40 AM UTC

To add to the confusion: A Meta account is not a Facebook account. Meta accounts are specifically to get access to Meta's metaverse. So basically it's a newer version of the old Oculus accounts.

For Facebook you still need a separate Facebook account.