Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by micromacrofoot on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:25AM
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It's literally the same company, why would it be prevented?
Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by long_time_gone on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:32AM
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Because of the security and risk implication of not preventing it. Goldman Sachs is both an investment bank and an asset management firm, literally the same company. However, they have clear protocols in place to separate the two sides because otherwise the opportunities for impropriety are too high. I could see a similar argument for separating Facebook and Oculus accounts.
Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by micromacrofoot on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:40AM
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Sure, but Goldman Sachs business model isn't aggregating and selling data. Facebook's is.
Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by ImPostingOnHN on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:47AM
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The fact that the two components of an analogy are not the same thing is the point of the analogy. If they were the same thing, the analogy would be useless.
In this specific analogy, the point is, despite having different business models, society benefits from either conglomerate separating their respective two aforementioned business units.
Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by long_time_gone on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:12AM
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No, their businesses are managing money and taking companies public. They're overall revenue would benefit from aligning those businesses, but they aren't allowed to. They are kept separate because of the risks of having them together. The Facebook scenario is a different (but comparable) situation.
Re:Oculus Quest is removing the Facebook account requirement
by ImPostingOnHN on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:29AM
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Exactly, so an "Oculus-specific account" would not actually be an account specific to Oculus, it would be a differently-branded Facebook account, too
If not, sounds like a Facebook account by another name.