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>It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account. That's making the assumption that Facebook isn't just going to eventually force everyone to a "meta" ac
by tw04 5y ago
>It's still a win if you don't have a facebook account.
That's making the assumption that Facebook isn't just going to eventually force everyone to a "meta" account that spans all of their properties. Which is exactly what I expect they're going to do.
- mrfusion 5y agoReminds me of google plus
- xtracto 5y agoAnd Microsoft Passport ... or later .net Passport
- ehnto 5y agoGoogle Plus is interesting because whilst the social platform failed, getting you to sign in across a huge swath of properties with your Google account certainly worked. They even had me along for the ride until they started automatically managing Google accounts through their browser. I think both Google and Facebook have pushed their luck recently and found the edges of their domain and their user's complacency. I imagine they'll just keep pushing and we'll eventually cave, but there has at least been some sensible backlash.
- Macha 5y agoA unified google account predates Google+. Really the two pushes in that direction that Google+ contributed was when they decided to force the holdouts on legacy unlinked YouTube accounts to make G+ brand accounts, and when they shuttered orkut which had its own account system iirc.
- thruway516 5y agoThey all have Apple envy
- amelius 5y agoAfter the "Facebook pixel", yes.
- slim 5y agoThat's making the assumption that they are not going to identify you using your ip + some heuristics
- vineyardmike 5y agoThere was a recent interview with MZ on HN that addressed this. He was asked if it was a mistake to require one account, and he basically said "we wanted a single-login, but we didn't think about how combining accounts would be undesirable, but we recognize it is" So I think the end state is a single-log in Meta account with discrete FB and Oculus accounts to accompany it, logged in through Meta?
- impulser_ 5y agoThey aren't planning on it, based on Mark's keynote. They are opening up the products to multiple different account integrations. You will most likely be able to create an account with your Google account or Microsoft account.
- willis936 5y agoIf so then it would be a repeat of what they did with Oculus. They've certainly demonstrated their capability. I personally won't be considering any Meta hardware or software until they've demonstrated some seriously benevolent and sustained changes. I was just trying to comment about what this means right now for people invested in hardware and on the fence.