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1. slowin · 1790209204 · focus · HN ↗

   I had an Oculus Quest and it was a really great device. After the "Meta" rebrand, the quality rapidly decreased and now it wants me to upload my ID to Meta to keep using it. Absolutely not! Zuckerberg already has way too much information on me, uploading my state issued identification to them is such an insane ask, I will never do it. While this looks like interesting hardware, the company behind it has unacceptable and user-hostile practices, so I'll pass.

   1. ewild · 1790209908 · focus · HN ↗

      oculus didnt ship a single product not owned by facebook.

      1. slowin · 1790210141 · focus · HN ↗

         Correct, but you didn't have to log into the Quest 1 with facebook until ~2024. They had "Oculus accounts" at first.

         1. Benjamin_Dobell · 1790217832 · focus · HN ↗

            They have Meta accounts now, which are also not Facebook accounts. I went straight from an Oculus account to Meta account. Might be location based, but I most certainly haven't been asked to upload any ID.

            1. jlarocco · 1790229533 · focus · HN ↗

               > They have Meta accounts now, which are also not Facebook accounts.

               How gullible can you be?

               1. herbst · 1790234434 · focus · HN ↗

                  I got some hate from pointing out WhatsApp is the same evil corp as Facebook recently. People don't want to hear that

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