Why? What about it specifically annoys you?
Quest 2 pricing point is heavily subsidized by FB, they are most likely selling it on a razor thin margin and hoping to recoup through software and application sales. As been said many many many times, the FB account is blown WAY FKING out of proportions. At current era, you have to be 100% off internet to avoid ANY personal information gathering from the big techs. I
f that is the case, you can buy Windows MR headset. But then again you have to use Microsoft account to set it up
Or you can buy HTC Cosmos or Valve Index. Then again at the very least you still need to setup a Steam account which also gathers your info.
I don't see the mass paranoia around Oculus FB requirement beyond traditional internet outage culture.
Why? I will tell you why. I have never of my choice used Facebook. I worked at a Company that forced us to have a Facebook account and even though I no longer work for that company (for 6 years) I still get emails from facebook. I also have been PC Gaming before the internet (mainstream) existed. I already have a VR headset that did not require any subscription to use.
Do you think I was happy to learn that Total War Shogun 2 needed something called a Steam account? Do you not think that I saw Steam as an attack on the independence of the Gamer(Especially when Blockbuster could fix your DVDs). However all of those examples you used are focused in that space and as time passed (Hard drive failure) I came to appreciate Steam but most enjoy GOG. In some ways Galaxy is the most intrusive.
There was a lady years ago who was a "voyeur" and was on Facebook. She decided to retire and remove her pictures but had to take Facebook to court to get them as if you post a picture on Facebook it is Facebook's property. I am not alone in my sentiment either. If they had not placed that requirement they would not have been able to keep these supplied.
I love how people like to comport people into camps. If you think that my non acceptance of Facebook means that I don't enjoy the Internet? Then why am I here? Why do I pay my ISP for the best (consumer) Internet I can get. Why do I have a WIFI 6 router? Better yet why am I even on TPU?
