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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by jacquesm on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:32PM (#24203247)
As would most people, so I wouldn't lose sleep over it. The big mistake is to try to pull the wool over the users' eyes knowing full well he would lose control over that and so was in absolutely no position to promise anything.
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by SirYandi on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @04:10PM (#24203738)
If you take GP at face value he didn't intentionally pull the wool over people's eyes. He was just rather naive.
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by jacquesm on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @05:32PM (#24204599)
GP has since started a defense contractor. I highly doubt this is a naive person.
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by staunch on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:25PM (#24205065)
That's a non sequitur and your viewpoint is vindictive, uncharitable, and unreasonable.

Palmer Luckey was in his very early 20s and had never been involved in an acquisition before. He acknowledged his mistake and his explanation makes complete sense. Even much more experienced people are prone to making this kind of mistake in the honeymoon period of an acquisition.

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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by EricE on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:47PM (#24215339)
No kidding. I'm shocked that all these perfect and wildly successful people even have time to post on hacker news :p
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by akhosravian on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @08:25PM (#24205906)
Can you explain the leap from someone starting a defense contractor to them not being naive a few years earlier in their life about corporate acquisitions?
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by nitrogen on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:55PM (#24207006)
Without commenting on this situation, if you're worried about selling something to a large entity who might later change their mind about how they use your thing, you don't usually start selling to militaries.
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by Mandatum on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:56PM (#24207010)
Sorry, who's GP?
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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by ameen on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:12AM (#24207659)
Grandparent - In this context, that’s Palmer Luckey.
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