Until they backpaddle on it again.

When they bought Oculus they made a definitive statement saying that Oculus devices will never need an FB account to use.

To me they lost all credibility. Not just because of this instance but many other instances of lying and deceit.

Where in that statement are you getting that interpretation? Is it buried in the comments or something?

I just read and reread the Boz words and don’t see how any of it translates into “no Meta (Facebook) account needed”?

About two-thirds of the way down I see "we’re working on new ways to log into Quest that won’t require a Facebook account" -- which, of course, makes no promises that it will see the light of day.

(Would've bought an Oculus by now if it wasn't for that requirement.)

Thank you for clarifying - and now I am depressed about the clear degradation of my reading comprehension skills.

I bought an Occulus Quest 2 last week and had to sign in with Facebook

It sounds like "they're working on it", which is only a promise at best.

You can bypass Facebook if you want to jump through some hoops.

https://uploadvr.com/how-to-play-pc-vr-oculus-quest-2/

That's Link (Rift apps running on your PC, displaying on your Quest), not Quest apps.

It ain't much different if it ends up requiring a 'meta' account instead.

Precisely. Sort of like someone telling you they've given up cigarettes, then lighting up a cigar...

I am thinking FB doesn't care about us if we don't have a FB account.

We are not contributing to the metaverse, why would they? The value of selling a handful of games for approximately $100 of revenue is peanuts compared to their metaverse idea.

Given that FB probably loses money on each quest sold, I think it's likely they are happy every time one of us grumpy loners declines to purchase their device

"landing some time next year"