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Re:Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a C... by raverbashing on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:16PM (#11413188)
At least using Facebook is free

Paying for the Ad Machine? This is ridiculous

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Re:Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a C... by nivla on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:24PM (#11413234)
Well to be fair, you are not paying to use Win 10 and also its a free upgrade. On the bright side, unlike FB, you can actually install 3rd party apps and setup firewall to gain that privacy back.
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Re:Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a C... by pdkl95 on Saturday April 02, 2016 @05:34PM (#11413579)
> install 3rd party apps and setup firewall to gain that privacy back.

Yet you're still paying for Win 10 with either money or market share, thus signaling your acceptance of that spyware. MS will continue adding exploitative features until it starts to hurt the only things they care about: revenue or market share.

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Re:Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a C... by nivla on Saturday April 02, 2016 @08:46PM (#11414344)
You are also paying for the Oculus hardware while having no recourse to privacy even if you wanted. I am not saying Windows 10 doesn't have privacy issues, but when compared to Facebook's approach, it is far better.
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Re:Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a C... by ionised on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:42AM (#11420494)
> Well to be fair, you are not paying to use Win 10 and also its a free upgrade.

Some people got a free upgrade. Others will pay for Windows 10.

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