In this episode, we talk about Oculus Quest 2 users being forced to link their account to a Facebook account, a fun use of the McDonald's API, Microsoft phasing out Internet Explorer with Edge, and some important tech-related issues on U.S. ballots. Then we be speak with Emily Kager, senior mobile android engineer at Mozilla, about a big controversy over Hacktoberfest. Finally, we chat with senior software engineer and Node.js TSC Member at Red Hat, Beth Griggs, and Michael Dawson, Node.js lead for Red Hat and IBM, about the release of Node v15. Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) Facebook’s Account Verification Leaves Some Quest 2 Buyers With ‘Paperweight Deleting Facebook Also Deletes Oculus Purchases And Account Information McBroken Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer The Markup: Tech on the Ballot in November Hacktoberfest Dominic Denicola: DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest is Hurting Open Source