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"You will not need a Facebook account to use or develop for the [Oculus] Rift. I promise." — Palmer Luckey, 2014 (https://time.com/38366/here-are-7-promises-oc
by bangonkeyboard 5y ago
"You will not need a Facebook account to use or develop for the [Oculus] Rift. I promise."
— Palmer Luckey, 2014 (https://time.com/38366/here-are-7-promises-oculus-has-made-after-getting-bought-by-facebook/ https://time.com/38366/here-are-7-promises-oculus-has-made-a...)
- enumjorge 5y ago“Person who is about to become very wealthy promises that no one needs to feel wary about the event that will make them wealthy”.
- bangonkeyboard 5y agoYes. And?
- slapfrog 5y agoTake it as a lesson in critical thinking and trust. I presume this is a lesson you already learned long ago, but clearly it's a lesson some people haven't learned yet, because a lot of people seem to have believed him.
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- hncurious 5y agoThat's what he was told during the acquisition and he believed it. Many entrepreneurs learn that lesson the hard way.
- hellcow 5y agoFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Facebook has made promises, then broken those promises, time and again. They've lied to founders they've acquired, to users, and to governments and regulators. If anyone trusts Facebook at this point knowing that, I'm not sure what could convince them otherwise.