Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?
Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?
Oculus. No way they would have otherwise had the money to make cheap standalone VR headsets like the Quest.
No way would they have forced you to sign up to/in to meta either though.
Everything that has a store requires an account.
The short time during which they required a Facebook account (i.e. an account linked to an unrelated service) was a fuck-up, but they have since reversed that decision. Now it’s just a separate standalone VR-related account.
If anything, that is still better than the current Google/Apple situation with their accounts, which link together a bunch of unrelated services (photos, email, payments, storage sync, etc.) in an inseparable way.
Sorry to break it to you bruh, but if Facebook owns the IP, they’re harvesting and monetizing the account data, end of.
This includes all of the subsidiaries like Instagram and WhatsApp as well.
Let’s also not forget that illegal activity exposes user data in addition to greed, and just the fact that your data is in yet another pot increases your risk. Also yes all corporations are greedy and evil but they’re definitely not all equal in how bad they are, and FB is one of the worst
Are you willing to compromise on all of these intrusions into your life? Many people are, but I’m not one.