I feel gross "defending" Meta here but > A Facebook account required to play has been a dealbreaker for every single one of their headsets. This is no longer

I feel gross "defending" Meta here but > A Facebook account required to play has been a dealbreaker for every single one of their headsets. This is no longer the case, you can now set up a separate "Meta" account. Now, how far you want to believe/trust that is up to you but they did remove the need for an actual facebook account.