I backed the original Oculus Rift, and felt massively betrayed when they sold to Meta. :(

For years since I've been waiting for A VR solution that plays nice with Linux and is at least somewhat privacy-respecting, and I have been absolutely unwilling to buy a Quest device or anything else. I want to play VR but I'm not willing to sell my soul for it. So it's been an unhappy but conscious boycott from me.

I too then am super looking forward to the Steam Frame because it's the device I need to get back into VR and feel happy and excited about it, rather than disgusted.

People who bought this hardware are dumb fucks.

on that note I finally deleted facebook. Goodbye meta!

It's infuriating, really.

Add 1 Jan 1970.

I just set mine to the beginning of time: Jan 01, 1970.

4-20-1969

I understand there's arguments about "this is not new, they've been working on VR for a decade" - fine, but it's Zuckerberg, who apparently never does anything in good faith (see: the Winklevoss twins, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Libra, etc)

I'm sure they only have VR in order to onboard people to blue app. People have gotten banned and their only recourse is to buy an Oculus. Convenient.

My birthday is always January 1st of 2000. It used to be in 20th century but I didn’t want to give away my real age.

I've had an account under a nickname for coordinating dog meetups for ages. One day the account was suddenly blocked without prior notice and the only way they would let me in again is by giving them my ID, which would not help as the account was under my nick and I would never give them my ID anyway. They didn't even let me delete that effing zombie account without identifying my name as real or even just change the Nick to something FB recognises as real name.

Thankfully I haven't had to use any Meta products for a while now, and as far as Alphabet is considered I'll turn 126 years old on 01/01/2026 and live where my country's parliament building is. Because fuck them, that's why.

I can't even access any Fakebook crap, because I have blocked any Zuckerbot service since a long time. It don't exist anymore for me in the web.

I deleted Facebook 12 years ago. Just join me on the fediverse like Mbin or Mastodon.

I'll sell them my birth date information. They already got their filthy lucre from buying and selling my name all over the place, why shouldn't I get a cut from things I own?

December 7, 1941.

How to tell the techs you're lying without telling the client

This is why tech giants want to dissolve governments and the regulatory agencies.

Just lie and make up a fake birthday

Oh, goody! Maybe they'll send me a present! Can I send them my address, too, so they know where to mail it? Meta is so nice!

Delete your facebook accounts

I’m glad that John Carmack is rich and intellectually stimulated, but watching him be wasted building Metaverse VR was like trying to remove my own teeth with a pair of pliers.

I feel like posting about Facebook on /c/Privacy is like posting a photo of the dictionary definition of surveillance. Like, YEAH. WE KNOW.

A good opportunity to ditch Meta if you're still using it for some reason.