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You need internet to download games to your oculus quest, so it makes sense to have an account to keep track of what games you own no? I still don't understand what people have against this change. You needed an oculus account prior to this, now it's a facebook account, what's the big deal?

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Really? I have never and will never have a facebook account, so this expensive device is now a paper weight..

> now

January 2023

Unless they want to sell it used, in which case the value tanks because starting October setting up an Oculus device requires a Facebook account. (And for that reason I stopped considering Oculus for my first headset)

Kinda absurd. You can setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really want to segregate.

Sure you win on principle, but that's just the same as losing.

Actually you can't, because Facebook will lock your account for inauthentic behavior. Try making a fake account, and see how long you can hold on to it without being extorted for personal, identifiable information.

I set up a fake Facebook profile 10 years ago, because I needed a profile with no friends that I could use for testing some stuff at work. It is still alive and kicking; Facebook keeps sending it emails suggesting friends.

We can spend all day arguing anecdotes. As a counterpoint, I've never used Facebook, but once tried setting up an account to participate in a group event organized by some friends - by the next day, before I could even use the account, Facebook had locked my account, and wanted a photo of my ID to let me access the account. Needless to say, I abandoned the account.

The person who I replied to made a personal challenge to try creating a fake account, so I responded with my personal experience doing just that.

I was not making any claims about the likelihood of an account being banned.

same, I have a fake account and no issue with it

That won't probably work any more. I have a couple of old test accounts, can't create new ones without them being locked right away.

Kinda absurd. You can't setup a one time email, and one time facebook if you really don't want your movement online all linked to a government issued ID.

Sure you're sort of an idiot to make those assumptions, but I'm sure you already came to this realization about yourself years ago.

What if I'm too stupid to introspect?

Facebook account bans are often for absurd reasons and there is basically zero accountability. Post a pic that an algorithm flagged as a nude? No Oculus for 30 days and needing to send them a passport scan!

> You need internet to download games to your oculus quest, so it makes sense to have an account to keep track of what games you own no?

Not really. If they're downloaded, why would you need to look up remotely what you have locally.

Yeah, I thought the same thing too, in order to give the fake like/follow some artists require before making their music available to download; took 10 minutes, my account was banned for "suspicious activity" (meaning I didn't start posting pictures of myself like a pleb), and a government issued ID demanded of me. Fuck that

>it makes sense to have an account to keep track of what games you own no?

Not in the least

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