You know you can make throwaway meta accounts, don’t you? You don’t have to give it your real details and add all your friends.
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Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoBecause you pay with data. Quest is the first device, where meta has full control over the Operation System, and even beyond.
You are forced to have a meta account to use it, IRCC
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 week ago
utopiah@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You did but not anymore :
So yes, by default you are paying with data. In fact IMHO if possible one should not rely on Meta hardware. That being said if you get e.g. a 2nd hand Quest 2 or 3 and use it without an account then you might be providing little to no money to Meta and no data. It’s not trivial but it’s feasible.
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Ah, so you make up the difference with your labor