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Oculus is not just a display, but a computer with a GUI and an app store, so it's more like having to log in to Apple to use an iPad. Not sure you really have t

• gravypod 6y ago
  This goes over the setup process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkivmMKikU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkivmMKikU You must have a Facebook account to get past the setup screen. Even if you just want to use the headset as an input device and a display.
• kmonsen 6y ago
  You can use an iPad without an Apple ID, it’s just pretty hidden: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/use-iphone-without-apple-id-3779932/ https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/use-iphone-without-apple-i... at least as of last year.
• klmadfejno 6y ago
  The difference is that Apple, and Microsoft for that matter, don't give a shit about knowing who I am. They may want data here and there (moreso microsoft), but if you want to give them a fake email address and a fake name, you can march ahead with your device just fine. Facebook wants to stick it's eyeball tendrils up my butt before they deign to allow me to use hardware I purchased from them.
  • aylmao 6y ago
    This. The only "big tech" company that's ever asked for official identification (out of the blue, wouldn't let me login otherwise) has been Facebook. Going back to the original comment: > I don't have to give Logitech my drivers license to plug in a mouse. This sounds like hyperbole but it's a very real comparison.