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by chaostheory 1689 days ago
I believe EU laws are the main driver for this change.

As an aside, the Quest 2 would have been a break away hit, if they didn’t make the FB login a requirement last year though

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It's crazy that they still sold that many, considering that it's not sold in Germany, one of the biggest markets in the world for them.
Was still a breakaway hit.
By break away hit, I meant more in line with Nintendo Switch sales. I doubt it's even close due to the login requirement. They lost a lot of word of mouth marketing from would-be evangelists. It's near impossible to defend Facebook / Meta.

The Facebook login was unnecessary friction since they didn't even take advantage of it from the start. It wasn't until a few months ago when I could even find my friends from Facebook.

I do love my Quest 2 though.

Absolutely a favorite in our household. Regrettable that it requires a Facebook account.
> I believe EU laws are the main driver for this change.

Why?