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> I can't speak how enforced these are, but even if it's a soft requirement for now, it's enough for me to avoid it. Pity, since it seems pretty good tech wise.
by vkoskiv 5y ago
> I can't speak how enforced these are, but even if it's a soft requirement for now, it's enough for me to avoid it. Pity, since it seems pretty good tech wise.
Strictly enforced. I borrowed an older oculus headset from a friend to try out a while ago. It wouldn't let me use it without providing Facebook my personal details.
I tried making a new anonymous facebook account, which was immediately locked out before I could provide government issued identification.
I borrowed my friends' oculus account to briefly give it a go, but quickly returned the hardware because I was just too creeped out by the Facebook association.
It really is a shame that the companies with the biggest R&D budgets are also the ones which are the least aligned with the interests of the user.
- caslon 5y agoThis is either a lie or a heavy misconception; my Quest 2 (the first Oculus headset to "require" a Facebook account; none of the others do), didn't require a Facebook account, and works even with Oculus accounts made within the month.
- Ensorceled 5y agoI have an Oculus Go that I logged into last week that I hadn't used in months. There were a lot of dark patterns trying to get me to use a facebook login but I finally figured out how to use my original Oculus account. Falling for shitty dark patterns doesn't earn being called a liar; take the victim blaming somewhere else.
- caslon 5y agoI said a lie or misconception, and I was right.
- blensor 5y agoCarmack just announced that they will unlock the bootloader of the go to allow root access and give the owners full control. As for the Quest, you can buy a Facebook free version for about twice the price of the standard one
- krageon 5y agoIt's supposedly 500 dollars more and that's excluding the fact that they will bill that in euros if you live in the EU. That makes it almost three times as expensive.