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Are the Quests really bricked if the Facebook account is shut down? Can you not do a factory reset and start over with a new account?

taneq 6y ago
I imagine it would suck rather a lot to lose your game library every time Facebook's auto-ban trips on your otherwise unused account.
- berryworm 6y ago
  I'm not saying it is fun, but if you can reset the device it is not "bricked".
  - LarvaFX 6y ago
    If you cannot use it anymore because you don't have access to your FB account and your games, what is it good for. It is the same as bricked.
  - jannes 6y ago
    Maybe we need a new terminology for “like a brick for me, possibly functional for others“
strombofulous 6y ago
Facebook is honestly pretty good at detecting second accounts and won't let you make a new one if you already have a banned one You'll also lose a lot of online progress and any purchases
- berryworm 6y ago
  OK then sell it to somebody else. "Bricked" in my opinion means the device can never be made to function again. If you can reset it, it is not bricked.
  - _iyig 6y ago
    You can resell the device (at a loss), but you will never recover the money spent on games and apps in the Oculus Store. In my case, hundreds of dollars spent in the years since the launch of the Rift CV1.
    - mcv 6y ago
      Demand that money back too. You paid for it, they deny you access to it. They should be obligated to pay your money back. Sue them in small claims court, raise a stink, and never do business with them again.
      - strombofulous 6y ago
        I see this a suggestion a lot and I can only assume the person making it hasn't been screwed by a company (sorry if you have, not trying to attack you). Unfortunately, the reality is that raising a stink won't do anything more than annoy the 1800 operators (if they don't have a button on their screen to give you what they want, it is impossible for them to do it for you, no matter how persuasive you are). Suing in small claims court is a) a massive ordeal (even without the lawyers) and b) a permanent, public record that you can legally be discriminated against for In my experience your only real recourse is a chargeback (which, to be fair, will almost always work), but that only is an option for a few months after your purchase.
        justinclift 6y ago
        > suing [in] a small claims court is a) a massive ordeal and b) a permanent, public record that you can legally be discriminated against for Are you sure you're talking about the same thing?
        strombofulous 6y ago
        I don't understand, why do you think this is wrong?

taneq 6y ago

I imagine it would suck rather a lot to lose your game library every time Facebook's auto-ban trips on your otherwise unused account.

berryworm 6y ago
I'm not saying it is fun, but if you can reset the device it is not "bricked".
- LarvaFX 6y ago
  If you cannot use it anymore because you don't have access to your FB account and your games, what is it good for. It is the same as bricked.
- jannes 6y ago
  Maybe we need a new terminology for “like a brick for me, possibly functional for others“

strombofulous 6y ago

Facebook is honestly pretty good at detecting second accounts and won't let you make a new one if you already have a banned one You'll also lose a lot of online progress and any purchases

berryworm 6y ago
OK then sell it to somebody else. "Bricked" in my opinion means the device can never be made to function again. If you can reset it, it is not bricked.
- _iyig 6y ago
  You can resell the device (at a loss), but you will never recover the money spent on games and apps in the Oculus Store. In my case, hundreds of dollars spent in the years since the launch of the Rift CV1.
  - mcv 6y ago
    Demand that money back too. You paid for it, they deny you access to it. They should be obligated to pay your money back. Sue them in small claims court, raise a stink, and never do business with them again.
    - strombofulous 6y ago
      I see this a suggestion a lot and I can only assume the person making it hasn't been screwed by a company (sorry if you have, not trying to attack you). Unfortunately, the reality is that raising a stink won't do anything more than annoy the 1800 operators (if they don't have a button on their screen to give you what they want, it is impossible for them to do it for you, no matter how persuasive you are). Suing in small claims court is a) a massive ordeal (even without the lawyers) and b) a permanent, public record that you can legally be discriminated against for In my experience your only real recourse is a chargeback (which, to be fair, will almost always work), but that only is an option for a few months after your purchase.
      - justinclift 6y ago
        > suing [in] a small claims court is a) a massive ordeal and b) a permanent, public record that you can legally be discriminated against for Are you sure you're talking about the same thing?
        strombofulous 6y ago
        I don't understand, why do you think this is wrong?