• Cloudless ☼
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    811 months ago

    I might buy one if Quest is no longer owned by Meta.

    I am not going to pay that zucker.

    • FiveMacs
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      411 months ago

      I’m just pissed I can’t use my rift without needing to sell my privacy for a useless garbage account that will only provide me with firmware.

      • Björn Tantau
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        311 months ago

        Huh, guess I got the better deal with the Quest 1. It’s just bugging me to login. But I can still use it with sideloaded apks and PCVR via ALVR.

        • @massacre@lemmy.world
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          111 months ago

          Any good source for the APKs? I actually had purchased several games before they sold to Zuck and I’d like to get those back! If it’s against rules or something, feel free to DM.

      • dinckel
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        211 months ago

        Any time any company claims their account system wont change, right before acquisition, you can give it a solid year, and then it inevitably does

      • @yonder@sh.itjust.works
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        211 months ago

        There are some smart people that are making the rift-s work on linux using Monado. As I currently understand it, good 6dof controller tracking is the final roadblock to it being fully usable. LVRA wiki has more information about this kind of stuff.

        • @massacre@lemmy.world
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          111 months ago

          seconding the appreciation for this one Internet Friend - just saw that there’s some steamVR going on the og Quest… Need to check this out.

  • @barsquid@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    But you still need an account or no? I’ll just buy something else, giving Meta any money is both completely avoidable and morally correct.

    • @massacre@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      You definitely will. This requirement effectively bricked my OG Quest since I refuse to have anything to do with Facebook. I really need to look into side-loading and/or firmware projects around it. They broke the promise that they would never require a Facebook account and somehow the justice system said, yeah, but this is a Meta account, so it’s all cool…

      FU Meta - you’ll never see another dollar from me. In fact you owe me $400.