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I pre ordered one then realized the fb login requirement and cancelled it. Wonder how many are in the same boat.

I'm in the market for a VR headset and Oculus tech seems to be the best right now but because of this I'll be waiting for whatever upgrades other companies release next year.

Same here, I was really excited for this. But the FB requirement is stupid, now I’ll wait for other players to catch up.

It is by no stretch "the best" in a technical sense. Its just the cheapest, mainly because you do not pay all the price up front. You ARE the product! The hardware of standalone VR is so limited that you are better off going with PCVR for at least 5 years.

I'm sure there are a bunch in the same boat. I owned Oculus' DK1 and DK2, but when I thought through what FB owning Oculus meant, I cancelled my original Rift preorder and bought a Vive instead.

More recently, my resolve against letting FB get their data proboscis into my life was weakening with the Quest 2 launch. Fortunately, they came up with that forceful reminder of why I made that decision in the first place.

I know what you mean. I have no problem owning and using a Facebook account, but that's my choice and I choose what to share. I don't know about you but when I first heard that Facebook had acquired Oculus my first thought was something along the lines of "Oh FFS".

In my opinion, if I pay money for a product I don't expect to have my privacy violated so I can be further monetised. The point of a Facebook account is I have made a deal that I will allow information about my use of the product to be used as payment for the product. That is not the case for something I have already paid for.

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