Ask HN: Can I not accept Oculus' new ToS?

8 points·doyouevensunbro··7 comments

I bought my Oculus Rift before Facebook purchased the company, and I don't have a Facebook account. Is there anything I can do about my hardware that is about to be bricked?

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I thought you could continue to use your existing account without switching to a Facebook account.

I just got an email that says:

“On that date, you will have the choice to continue using your existing Oculus account and remain under the updated Oculus Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, or to use a Facebook account on the platform and agree to new terms. Learn more.”

The announcement blog post[1] includes this line:

"Will a Facebook account be required to use future Oculus devices? Yes. Future Oculus devices will require a Facebook account."

My current understanding is that new devices, such as the Quest 2, will also mandate the use of a FB account.

[1] https://www.oculus.com/blog/a-single-way-to-log-into-oculus-...

Does it literally brick your hardware, or do you just lose access to the Oculus store or something similar, and can still use it as a generic VR headset?

As far as I understand I can't get back into the Oculus Hub where I bought my VR titles. The VR headset will still work, I just can't use it on software I bought.

The Oculus situation reminds me of this video: https://youtu.be/q2LIXcbDiZA which predicted the future.

Likely not the answer you're looking for ... I was in the same situation as you. I just sold mine.

Yeah, think that's my only solution as well.

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