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> Any digital store or forum requires you to have an account.

The problem isn’t that one needs an account.

> The question is, will a Meta account be different than an FB account?

This is a marketing rebrand of Facebook accounts. In the short term, Meta will position it as a separate identity system. In the long term, each person will have one Meta account for all Meta services.

> No one wants to play video games with their real name and address.

Meta may allow this, but in every case Meta will know who’s behind each Meta identity.



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