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Quest 1 becomes near-E-waste Apr 30 (lemmy.nowsci.com)

submitted 5 months ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago

Yeee anybody who bought these as an actual standalone headset is in for a rude awakening of how console gaming works and how app store monopolies and vertical integration are able to offer you prices that massively undercut the competition like this.

As always - PC games are forever, piracy is forever. My quest 2 exists to have VD on it and nothing else, and when support is discontinued if the dev keeps updating it - I'll sideload the .APKs myself.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

My worry and the main reason I've not jumped for one, is that with the requirement of a Meta account and stuff, Meta could decide to just have all their headsets of a certain generation stop working after some date even if you only use desktop streaming.

Are there any known workarounds/safeguards against Meta remote control of the device?

[-] piskertariot@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I have used my pi-hole to blacklist all the oculus, meta and facebook domains, so I don't get firmware update pushes on my Q1.

BUT, I did have a weird out-of-sync issue with Virtual Desktop a few months ago when I thought I had properly version locked.

All I ever wanted my Quest to be was a monitor. The fact that they could brick a monitor because they feel like it's obsolete, is asinine.

[-] thegreekgeek@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

I found THIS, but there are some caveats.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the research. It seems like their discontinuation of Oculus accounts made some of the steps harder or less effective, and I'd worry about messing something up.

[-] thegreekgeek@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

I took a second look after you replied and holy shit you're right it is very involved. I'm just going to take my chances with meta still and if they burn me I got my several hundred hours of Skyrim VR in. Enough to justify an Index.