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There a lawsuit in Germany which challenges the legality of tying a facebook account to the oculus. It's against the coupling laws[1]. I have a hard time imagi
by nocturnial 6y ago
There a lawsuit in Germany which challenges the legality of tying a facebook account to the oculus. It's against the coupling laws[1].
I have a hard time imagining facebook winning that lawsuit especially because they threatened in a separate unrelated lawsuit by the Irish privacy watchdog "to pull out of Europe"[2]
If you combine this with the blocking of accounts for infractions unrelated to the use of the oculus, I can't see how this will go well in court for facebook.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/facebook-halts-oculus-quest-sales-in-germany-amid-privacy-concerns/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/facebook-halts-oculus...
[2] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/facebook-warns-data-protection-rules-could-force-european-shutdown/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/facebook-warns-d...