Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices

Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by maerF0x0 on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:12PM (#24204965)

> then completely alters the rules by which the device operates at an arbitrary point in time after the sell

You usually agree to a EULA that allows them to do that. If you cannot agree to the EULA then you return the product.

Now, I will give full credit that no one reads those, but Legality doesn't care if you fail to do due diligence.

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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by Dahoon on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @06:52PM (#24205289)

You have some basic rights and an EULA, TOS or a contract cannot take those away (at least not in the EU). So no, that wouldn't cover a situation where a device is crippled later on. You'd have a right to get your money back.

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Re:Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices by xg15 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:17AM (#24209193)

I mean, then the easiest thing for companies to do would be to write "You agree that we can do anything we want with the device" into the EULA. As long as they behave reasonable in the near term and only go crazy after public attention has moved on, they'd probably get few customers to notice.

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