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0 pointsjimmaswell5y ago0 comments

$100 doesn't sound worth not having to use a facebook account to me. you can just make a bogus one with no info on it.

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Can you? Don't you need a credit card attached?

Still possible but most people will not that far to hide information from facebook.

You need a CC attached to buy stuff on the Oculus store.

I've got 100+ VR games and never bought anything on the Oculus store. Steam games work just as well, and will be easier to use if you ever switch to another VR headset.

rvnx5y ago

Same problem with Fitbit and Nest and Google :(

sharken5y ago

Had settled on getting a Fitbit as my fitness and sleep tracker, but was unaware of the acquisition by Google :/

Given the Oculus/FB fallout here I want to buy somewhere else.

And trusting Garmin seems a bit unlikely, sigh.

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ericd5y ago

I have a general policy of not keeping hardware from known user-hostile companies in my house. They have way more time to worm things I don't want into their hardware than I have time to keep tabs on it, so I just don't.

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