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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by dorkinspace on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:40PM (#24725859)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe microsoft doesn't care if you have multiple accounts while facebook will ban "non real" accounts.

This is the part that makes it anticompetitive, I would imagine.

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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by sova on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:06PM (#24726009)
Na it's about deviation of flow of attention AFTER the product has already been acquired and UNNECESSARY to the core function of the product.
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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by polyomino on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:54PM (#24726271)
I think the core function of a product should be up to the people making it, not congress.
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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by sova on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:39PM (#24726551)
Not if your product is harassing people by phone or something annoyingly similar. The line blurs and moves often.
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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by polyomino on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:40AM (#24727434)
Yeah, fair. The congress should go after robocalling spammers.
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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by olemartinorg on Friday October 09, 2020 @06:24AM (#24728508)
The anticompetitive part refers to social VR. Today we have multiple social VR apps (Rec Room, Altspace, Bigscreen and more). While Facebook aims to be a big player in social VR they're not there yet; their Facebook Horizons app is still in closed beta.

Requiring a Facebook login to use the Quest puts the competition at an immediate disadvantage, as they'll have to use their own login or submit to Facebook login as well, often at the cost of cross-platform compatibility. Onboarding friction will always be less with the app where you already have an account.

Facebook told Bigscreen developers to join Facebook or "be crushed": https://twitter.com/DShankar/status/1295825809496629248

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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by zamadatix on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:52PM (#24725932)
I'm not sure what about that has to do with competition.
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Re:Report may suggest that login requirement for Oculus Ques... by technofiend on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:14PM (#24726059)
Feed me, Seymour!

But seriously what a dark pattern and just like Little Shop of Horrors feeding the beast really doesn't benefit you. This is exactly why I never purchased an Oculus: because the price of entry for playing a VR game is too high.

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