[georgeecollins]

To be fair: You needed an Oculus account to use an Oculus, just like you need a Switch account or a Steam account. Hardware with a digital store requires an account.

A Facebook account is much more restrictive than say a Steam account. Facebook tries to get you to use your real name for example. Who in the world wants to use their real name playing a video game?

[dmonitor]

You actually don't need a Switch account. You can just play offline and buy physical games. I don't think updates need an account either

[jobigoud]

> To be fair: You needed an Oculus account to use an Oculus

From the mail we received: you can continue using your Oculus account until January 1, 2023. After this date a Meta account will be required to *continue* using your Meta VR devices.

It's weird to me that I need to create a new account to continue using my device.

[WrtCdEvrydy]

That is a sign of a piece of hardware that you do not own.

[ihuman]

> Hardware with a digital store requires an account.

Can't you play games without the store? Like streaming games from your PC or side loading games. You shouldn't need an account if you're not going to use the store.

[CrazedGeek]

Officially: no, you need an Oculus account to even get a Quest set up to do streaming, and you need to separately make your account a developer account to unlock sideloading.

[hansword]

I have a PlayStation, and play dozens of games, yet Sony doesn't know I exist.

[6yyyyyy]

Valve has done the right thing here and made it possible to use the Deck and Index without a Steam account. Granted, they haven't made it easy, but it is possible and they clearly haven't deliberately locked down their hardware.

[blendergeek]

You don't need a Steam account to use a SteamDeck, only to use the Steam store.