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The article linked by the community manager states otherwise and contradicts what RauelRualbe was told.
The blog states, "you’ll need to create a Meta account and Meta Horizon profile to continue using your Meta VR device" and also, "Your Meta Horizon profile is your social profile in VR and other surfaces, like the web".
Sounds to me the the requirement for a mandatory public social profile is being disguised by sneaky semantics. Oculus representatives who are stating that Meta account is not a social media profile are at best being misleading.
@Lethal_Aims -Yes, it is very misleading and needs clearing up. Does this Ryanality not comment here on such matters and clear them up? I've seen a few people ask him things in this post and he doesn't respond to them.
Misleading are all the speculations in these forums 😞
You'll migrate your former account (FB or Oculus) to a Meta account.
This isn't "public" and contain all your devices, games and so on...
Afer that you need to create a horizon profile, wich is the social part of your account.
It's up to you, to get this "public" or not... not visibile to anyone.
Optional you may link this social part to other socicl accounts like Instagramm or Facebook.
This is also up to you.
So where is your problem?
My problem, as with others on this forum, is that it's irrelevant whether it's visible or not. If I'm required to set up a social media account, which I am, then that data will be mined and will be sold. That's how Meta makes money, by selling your personal information for marketing purposes.
Depending on what I see when I'm forced to create this account I will either complete it leaving everything blank or, if that's not an option; binning my aging Rift and buying from another supplier (HTC looks really good). I have to make a decision at that point as to how much my privacy is worth to me.
It's the 21st century and this is how it is. I would be naive to think that Meta/Facebook just "gave up" my data when I deleted my Facebook account. When I bought my Rift originally I specifically didn't link the accounts but I did use the same email address. Within hours my Facebook feed had considerably more "VR related stuff" than I had ever seen before. Probably just a coincidence.
And if you think I just have an axe to grind with Meta; I also think very little of Google, Microsoft and Apple!
If you are connected to the internet, your "privacy" ist lost.
Visit a website and your data will be collected and - of course - used.
What do you think Steam does with your data? Or the publisher of the games you play?
Also Microsoft, Apple, Google and any gaming plattform like EA, Ubisoft, Epic and any social plattform like Twitter or Twitch.
Sorry, if services are used, data will be collected... and "they" use it, making money with it.
Razor