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Does that thing still requires a facebook account to be used? IIRC there was a famous article here some time ago, how some folk got banned on facebook and got
by epolanski 3y ago
Does that thing still requires a facebook account to be used?
IIRC there was a famous article here some time ago, how some folk got banned on facebook and got locked out of his Oculus.
- yomlica8 3y agoLast I heard it requires a Meta account now. Which is a totally different thing because it has a different name.
- epolanski 3y agoThen I think I'm not interested. If I need to have a Meta account to enjoy this, it can stay on a shelf.
- cglong 3y agoOut of curiosity, why? AFAIK, Oculus has always required an account of some kind. The Meta account is separate from your facebook.com one, so it doesn't seem any riskier than an Oculus Account of yore.
- numpad0 3y agoThe backend is still centered around your legal full name. They allow display names to be displayed, but people are getting their legal name still tied and occasionally shown on that meta Meta account.
- cglong 3y agoI personally bet the old Oculus Accounts were also correlated to a user's Facebook/Instagram/etc. accounts using metadata such as IP address. I guess making it explicit using Meta Accounts does give them more leniency with data linking though.
- Janicc 3y agoI'm sure you adhere to those same principles when being forced to use steam for steamvr aswell.
- epolanski 3y agoSteam isn't in the business of violating my privacy and shoving me ads.
- charcircuit 3y agoEverytime you open Steam it literally has a popup window of an ad
- glowingly 3y agoTurn the ad off via the settings. Settings->Interface->Notify me about additions or changes[...] Same page also has another option for defaulting to library, community tab, friends, profile - instead of the store.
- ryandrake 3y agoSame here. I have an O.G. Oculus Rift that's essentially a brick on my shelf now, because I won't create a Meta account. It was bad enough I had to create an Oculus account, but this is a bridge too far. You should not need to have an account on a server somewhere in order to use what is essentially a computer peripheral. I would not use a mouse or monitor that required an online account. I understand the Quest is different, and a bit more than a peripheral, so an account maybe maybe maybe is justified. But I won't buy one of them either because Meta.
- OrangeMusic 3y agoCreate a John Smith account like everyone else.
- zapt02 3y agoIt is different in the sense that you can sign up for it without having a Facebook account and actually not have them connected at all. It's good enough for me. What was not good enough was having your Messenger friends randomly inside your VR headset, and that has been fixed.
- Teslazar 3y agoThere were two potential concerns about accounts and one of them has been resolved: 1. Requiring an FB account resulted in users who were banned on FB not being able to use their Quests. This has been resolved since users only need a Meta account now. 2. Concerns about having any account with Meta. I doubt this will ever change since they're selling the headsets at such a low price and obviously want to make some money selling users software/games.