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It's kind of terrifying to think how Facebook expects to make that money back. If I believed they were making a platform play I would not feel so uncomfortable
by zmmmmm 6y ago
It's kind of terrifying to think how Facebook expects to make that money back. If I believed they were making a platform play I would not feel so uncomfortable about it, but they seem intent on locking onto turning it into a social media device. There's just no way to pay for that scale of investment on a subsidised device without some seriously invasive / and or creepy practices. Please Facebook, prove me wrong (fastest way: make the FB login optional ...).
- neartheplain 6y agoThey're already doubling-down on the forced integration. They replaced the Oculus profile-based "Friends" button on the Quest home with a "Chat" button that opens Facebook Messenger in VR. In my friend circle, nobody wants this. It gets in the way of starting party chats and sending game invites to Oculus friends, who (for me anyway) are largely a separate network from my Facebook friends. Facebook is assuming that users want their gaming social networks and IRL social networks to be the same. This is lunacy. My Steam friends and my Facebook friends have been largely-disjoint graphs for decades, and for good reason. Imagine friending someone in a VR game, and immediately getting blasted with their political posts/family photos on Facebook. Imagine friending someone in a VR game, and suddenly they know who you are IRL (forever). Via people-finder sites like Spokeo or YellowPages, it's trivial to connect this info to your home address, telephone number, employer, and so on. What happens when Internet stranger who knows where you live gets mad that you won the rare drop and they didn't? Forced integration of Facebook and Oculus is a safety issue.
- Tarsul 6y agothis has always been (my) issue with facebook: They assume you want to share everything with everyone of your friends. But most people don't want to do that, they want to share relevant stuff with the people for whom it's relevant. Only narcissists don't care about who they're talking to when they make a speech.
- mustardo 6y agoThe one thing Google plus got right with "circles" IMHO
- shostack 6y agoWhy do you think the future of vr is limited to gaming? Watch the Oculus Connect 6 keynote.
- neartheplain 6y agoI don’t want to friend all my professional contacts on Facebook, either.
- lm28469 6y agoThrow money at 1000 problems, you just need a single unicorn to make profit.
- hinkley 6y agoReady Player One (paraphrased) Our Research Department has determined that we can cover 57% of the screen with advertisements without causing seizures.