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Why the Facebookening of Oculus VR is bad for users, devs, competition – Ars Technica
Opinion: No device should require a Facebook login—so what is Oculus doing?
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On Tuesday, Facebook found another way to aggravate millions of usersthough this time, the outrage came from its virtual reality department. The company announced that it would soon mandate the use of Facebook accounts within its Oculus ecosystem, all in order to “unlock social features.” In Facebook’s ideal world, you’ll be your Facebook self on the Facebook VR system… instead of using an existing, separate “Oculus ID.”
What’s the big deal, you may ask? This…
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