[mkeedlinger]

Same for me for any Meta product, except (as I recently found out), Oculus. For some reason that was fine not asking for my number.

[paulluuk]

The only reason why I don't have an Oculus is because meta built it. It actually required you to sign in to your facebook account in the past. They don't any more, but Zuckerberg could change his mind about that at any time.

[wifipunk]

When Meta tried to force users to sign into facebook for their quest everyone hated it so they backtracked to allowing standalone oculus accounts.

It's no secret Instragram has an issue with bots. Meta probably wishes their VR platform had the same problem haha.

[dghlsakjg]

I think that's because its a hardware product.

They want you on their games marketplace, and they don't want you to return the product/make a consumer complaint. Plus there aren't any bots to worry about when the cost of entry is a few hundred $.