Current Events > Apparently I lose my ability to use my Oculus Quest in January

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DarkRoast 08/26/22 7:55:25 PM #1:	I have pretty strong opinions about facebook, and I refuse to create even a Meta account. Because of that, my Oculus account will only work until January 2023, at which time I won't even be able to use my Quest. When I bought my system, Facebook didn't own Oculus. I didn't agree to this crap. --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967597820] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>I have pretty strong opinions about facebook, and I refuse to create even a Meta account. Because of that, my Oculus account will only work until January 2023, at which time I won't even be able to use my Quest. When I bought my system, Facebook didn't own Oculus. I didn't agree to this crap.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IdiotMachine 08/26/22 7:57:18 PM #2:	Just create a dummy account. --- https://i.imgur.com/XNEdLrJ.png <cite>IdiotMachine posted [p:967597861] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Just create a dummy account.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrAndersonWb 08/26/22 7:58:01 PM #3:	DarkRoast posted... I have pretty strong opinions about facebook, and I refuse to create even a Meta account. Because of that, my Oculus account will only work until January 2023, at which time I won't even be able to use my Quest. When I bought my system, Facebook didn't own Oculus. I didn't agree to this crap. just to be petty you should create a support ticket and a tweet saying you want to use your device, which you paid for, and dont want a meta account. they will answer some BS and then they will look bad and you may go viral <cite>MrAndersonWb posted [p:967597877] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>I have pretty strong opinions about facebook, and I refuse to create even a Meta account. Because of that, my Oculus account will only work until January 2023, at which time I won't even be able to use my Quest. When I bought my system, Facebook didn't own Oculus. I didn't agree to this crap.</quote>just to be petty you should create a support ticket and a tweet saying you want to use your device, which you paid for, and dont want a meta account. they will answer some BS and then they will look bad and you may go viral</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Robot2600 08/26/22 8:00:22 PM #5:	and i didnt want to make a microsoft account to play GTA4 but they made me --- The spell complete It is permanent <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:967597936] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>and i didnt want to make a microsoft account to play GTA4 but they made me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal 08/26/22 8:01:58 PM #6:	What a hill to die on. I mean its literally just you wasting your own money so more power to you. --- There can be only one. <cite>LordMarshal posted [p:967597971] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>What a hill to die on. I mean its literally just you wasting your own money so more power to you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 08/26/22 8:02:29 PM #7:	Robot2600 posted... and i didnt want to make a microsoft account to play GTA4 but they made me Yeah but the difference is that was known before you bought it. It's a whole different ball game to sell a physical hardware product and then change the terms for which you're allowed to use it --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967597985] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted... </cite><quote>and i didnt want to make a microsoft account to play GTA4 but they made me</quote>Yeah but the difference is that was known before you bought it.It's a whole different ball game to sell a physical hardware product and then change the terms for which you're allowed to use it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:03:07 PM #8:	LordMarshal posted... What a hill to die on. I mean its literally just you wasting your own money so more power to you. Basically this, unless it cost money to create and account Im not seeing the point of this topic. --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598004] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>LordMarshal posted... </cite><quote>What a hill to die on. I mean its literally just you wasting your own money so more power to you.</quote>Basically this, unless it cost money to create and account Im not seeing the point of this topic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 08/26/22 8:06:37 PM #9:	Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one. Facebook is almost single-handedly responsible for the destruction of trust in both democracy and expertise in science. It has created an unstoppable group of absolute morons who believe literally anything they tell each other. They are the worst thing to ever happen to the United States since the civil war. --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967598072] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one.Facebook is almost single-handedly responsible for the destruction of trust in both democracy and expertise in science. It has created an unstoppable group of absolute morons who believe literally anything they tell each other. They are the worst thing to ever happen to the United States since the civil war.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:08:23 PM #10:	DarkRoast posted... Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one. Then not seeing the problem if you already have a FB account or making a dummy account. --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598125] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one.</quote>Then not seeing the problem if you already have a FB account or making a dummy account.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal 08/26/22 8:08:27 PM #11:	DarkRoast posted... Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one. Then get rid of your occulous. Thatll teach em..... --- There can be only one. <cite>LordMarshal posted [p:967598126] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one.</quote>Then get rid of your occulous. Thatll teach em.....</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 08/26/22 8:09:37 PM #12:	Baha05 posted... Then not seeing the problem if you already have a FB account or making a dummy account. I don't have a Facebook account. I've never had one and I never will. And as for Facebook accounts, they will literally ban both your account and your Oculus device if you create a dummy account or use a fake name. --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967598142] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Baha05 posted... </cite><quote>Then not seeing the problem if you already have a FB account or making a dummy account.</quote>I don't have a Facebook account. I've never had one and I never will.And as for Facebook accounts, they will literally ban both your account and your Oculus device if you create a dummy account or use a fake name.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 08/26/22 8:10:03 PM #13:	Robot2600 posted... they made me --- It happens with literally every single generation, and now it's your turn. You are the modern version of a grandfather watching old war movies: Lionhartwolf <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:967598162] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted...</cite><quote>they made me</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:10:41 PM #14:	DarkRoast posted... I don't have a Facebook account. I've never had one and I never will. Then I dont see why you couldnt just make a fake one --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598172] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>I don't have a Facebook account. I've never had one and I never will.</quote>Then I dont see why you couldnt just make a fake one</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 08/26/22 8:11:52 PM #15:	Baha05 posted... Then I dont see why you couldnt just make a fake one Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake. --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967598192] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Baha05 posted... </cite><quote>Then I dont see why you couldnt just make a fake one</quote>Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:12:15 PM #16:	DarkRoast posted... Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake. Ok? --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598202] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake.</quote>Ok?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KogaSteelfang 08/26/22 8:20:23 PM #17:	You have to get a Meta account to use the Oculus? That's the dumbest thing ever. It was already dumb that you needed a regular Facebook account. --- https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVle285bEgZ_D9otGewQwmw ^ My YouTube. Current LP Rogue Legacy 2, Cult of the Lamb. <cite>KogaSteelfang posted [p:967598375] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>You have to get a Meta account to use the Oculus? That's the dumbest thing ever. It was already dumb that you needed a regular Facebook account.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkRoast 08/26/22 8:20:55 PM #18:	Baha05 posted... Ok? In other words, unless you use your real name and real phone number, there's a very real chance you'll get banned. From a device that you didn't have to divulge that information in the past. --- Lenovo Legion 7 - Ryzen 5900HX, RTX 3080 16 GB (165W), 32 GB DDR4-3200 By Grabthar's hammer............... What a laptop. <cite>DarkRoast posted [p:967598385] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Baha05 posted... </cite><quote>Ok?</quote>In other words, unless you use your real name and real phone number, there's a very real chance you'll get banned. From a device that you didn't have to divulge that information in the past.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chicken 08/26/22 8:21:29 PM #19:	Send it to me then --- May contain bones https://youtu.be/jGbI0P4hh3o <cite>Chicken posted [p:967598395] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Send it to me then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 08/26/22 8:25:21 PM #20:	DarkRoast posted... Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one. Yep I wouldn't either if I had an oculus prior to meta buying them. That's fucked up and shouldn't be allowed --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:967598457] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>Because a meta account, like a Facebook account, is a privacy stealing information selling scourge on humanity. And I'm not going to create one.</quote>Yep I wouldn't either if I had an oculus prior to meta buying them. That's fucked up and shouldn't be allowed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 08/26/22 8:26:37 PM #21:	It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:967598488] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:27:24 PM #22:	Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping Not as weird as people using the word simping unironically --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598510] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... </cite><quote>It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping</quote>Not as weird as people using the word simping unironically </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 08/26/22 8:29:21 PM #23:	Baha05 posted... Not as weird as people using the word simping unironically You can just take the L, there's no need to lash out. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:967598548] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Baha05 posted... </cite><quote>Not as weird as people using the word simping unironically</quote>You can just take the L, there's no need to lash out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 8:32:18 PM #24:	DrizztLink posted... You can just take the L, there's no need to lash out. Take an L for what? Just pointing out making a dummy account? Im sure there are ways to do so easily. --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967598605] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite><quote>You can just take the L, there's no need to lash out.</quote>Take an L for what? Just pointing out making a dummy account? Im sure there are ways to do so easily.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nfearurspecimn 08/26/22 8:33:29 PM #25:	Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping this lol --- Wake up. You have to wake up. currently a preta/hungry ghost Dai Grepher: I was wrong. My entire theory is incorrect. Zero Mission IS a remake of Metroid. <cite>nfearurspecimn posted [p:967598633] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted... </cite><quote>It's weird seeing the Facebook/meta simping</quote>this lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 08/26/22 9:00:20 PM #26:	i also dont see how making a dummy account benefits facebook at all, they benefit from you actively using their services or uploading data to their servers. just hack the occulus or w/e --- The spell complete It is permanent <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:967599198] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>i also dont see how making a dummy account benefits facebook at all, they benefit from you actively using their services or uploading data to their servers.just hack the occulus or w/e</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 08/26/22 9:03:04 PM #27:	Robot2600 posted... i also dont see how making a dummy account benefits facebook at all, they benefit from you actively using their services or uploading data to their servers. just hack the occulus or w/e I mean that would be the point to not benefit them. --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:967599271] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Robot2600 posted... </cite><quote>i also dont see how making a dummy account benefits facebook at all, they benefit from you actively using their services or uploading data to their servers.just hack the occulus or w/e</quote>I mean that would be the point to not benefit them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 08/26/22 9:04:41 PM #28:	I thought they stopped requiring a FB account. I have an Oculus that I haven't used in like a year lol --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:967599323] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>I thought they stopped requiring a FB account. I have an Oculus that I haven't used in like a year lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IfGodCouldDie 08/26/22 9:10:52 PM #29:	DarkRoast posted... Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake. Ok, but if you don't make a fake account its useless anyway, so logically making a dummy account seems like the only real option if you want to even attempt to use it. --- All posters and events depicted in this post are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or posters, living or dead, is purely coincidental. <cite>IfGodCouldDie posted [p:967599437] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>DarkRoast posted... </cite><quote>Because they ban your account and your device if they suspect it's fake.</quote>Ok, but if you don't make a fake account its useless anyway, so logically making a dummy account seems like the only real option if you want to even attempt to use it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuerrillaSoldier 08/26/22 9:18:44 PM #30:	then stop using it. sell it, get rid of it. i guarantee they already have legal writing when you got it that anything could change at any time, and you agreed to it all. if they somehow didn't consider this when switching to the new system, which just sounds like the most unlikely thing ever, then maybe you have an argument. but i highly doubt it. --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:967599608] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>then stop using it. sell it, get rid of it.i guarantee they already have legal writing when you got it that anything could change at any time, and you agreed to it all. if they somehow didn't consider this when switching to the new system, which just sounds like the most unlikely thing ever, then maybe you have an argument. but i highly doubt it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CreekCo 08/26/22 9:21:41 PM #31:	Smashingpmkns posted... I thought they stopped requiring a FB account. I have an Oculus that I haven't used in like a year lol I think they did but you still have to set something up. No worries DarkRoast FB has a file on you even if you never made an account. Most websites use FB plugins and Im not even getting into Oracle shenanigans. Basically, dont overshare info with FB but dont go out of your way to not enjoy your headset either. Youve been tracked the whole time youve been on it, anyways. Yep. Probably down to your very eye movements and time on images :( --- It all returns to nothing It just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down. (NGE) <cite>CreekCo posted [p:967599677] in Apparently... [t:80143896]...</cite> <quote>Smashingpmkns posted... </cite><quote>I thought they stopped requiring a FB account. I have an Oculus that I haven't used in like a year lol</quote>I think they did but you still have to set something up. No worries DarkRoast FB has a file on you even if you never made an account. Most websites use FB plugins and Im not even getting into Oracle shenanigans. Basically, dont overshare info with FB but dont go out of your way to not enjoy your headset either. Youve been tracked the whole time youve been on it, anyways. Yep. Probably down to your very eye movements and time on images :(</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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