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They dropped the requirement to have a Facebook account for Meta Quest 2 a few weeks ago.

by break_the_bank 4y ago

Schinken_ 4y ago
Yes, from a Facebook Account to a Meta Account...
- jdgoesmarching 4y ago
  Don’t worry, they renamed the tables and everything!
amluto 4y ago
By requiring a Meta account as I recall. Not much of an improvement.
- LadyCailin 4y ago
  Presumably this would mean if you’re banned on Facebook, that wouldn’t lock you out of your device. That was one of the bigger sticking points at least.
  - reaperducer 4y ago
    If Meta is anything like Google (and it is), we're not far off from getting locked out of Facebook bricking your VR gear. HN is lousy with stories about people getting tagged by faulty "AI" in one Google program and getting blitzed out of all the others. The risk is too high that Meta will follow suit one day soon.
  - munk-a 4y ago
    Personally, I never want Meta to leverage my game usage on Facebook or any of their other platforms. I like Steam being an independent platform that has no motivation to share my information with socials - I really don't want random relatives asking me about my gaming habits. The fact that it was made by Facebook was worrying - the fact that it required a Facebook account made it a non-starter. For the same reason, while I do enjoy the occasional twitch stream - some of my favorite streamers have moved to FB... thus I have stopped watching them because I don't like making it easy for socials to track and broadcast my every waking moment.
  - 14 4y ago
    My kid one time had some sort of name calling swearing match on the PS4 which was tied into my email and my credit card and all my games. I found out because all of a sudden I had a 30 day suspension on the account and could not play any of my downloaded games properly. Not a big fan of digital games and threat of being locked out temporarily or possible permanently for one wrong move.
_jal 4y ago
"Let me hold your wallet". "No way!" "OK, then just let me hold everything that's in it."

They dropped the requirement to have a Facebook account for Meta Quest 2 a few weeks ago.

Schinken_ 4y ago

Yes, from a Facebook Account to a Meta Account...

jdgoesmarching 4y ago
Don’t worry, they renamed the tables and everything!

amluto 4y ago

By requiring a Meta account as I recall. Not much of an improvement.

LadyCailin 4y ago
Presumably this would mean if you’re banned on Facebook, that wouldn’t lock you out of your device. That was one of the bigger sticking points at least.
- reaperducer 4y ago
  If Meta is anything like Google (and it is), we're not far off from getting locked out of Facebook bricking your VR gear. HN is lousy with stories about people getting tagged by faulty "AI" in one Google program and getting blitzed out of all the others. The risk is too high that Meta will follow suit one day soon.
- munk-a 4y ago
  Personally, I never want Meta to leverage my game usage on Facebook or any of their other platforms. I like Steam being an independent platform that has no motivation to share my information with socials - I really don't want random relatives asking me about my gaming habits. The fact that it was made by Facebook was worrying - the fact that it required a Facebook account made it a non-starter. For the same reason, while I do enjoy the occasional twitch stream - some of my favorite streamers have moved to FB... thus I have stopped watching them because I don't like making it easy for socials to track and broadcast my every waking moment.
- 14 4y ago
  My kid one time had some sort of name calling swearing match on the PS4 which was tied into my email and my credit card and all my games. I found out because all of a sudden I had a 30 day suspension on the account and could not play any of my downloaded games properly. Not a big fan of digital games and threat of being locked out temporarily or possible permanently for one wrong move.

_jal 4y ago

"Let me hold your wallet". "No way!" "OK, then just let me hold everything that's in it."