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People who bought this hardware are dumb fucks.
There really weren't any comparable standalone alternatives at the time. I just wanted to play some Beatsaber back then.
Paraphrasing the guy who owns the company.
Not that he wasn't entirely correct.
Setup a fake account. Use a friend's bday you'll remember. Its not hard. That's like saying "people who use email are dumb fucks" since they also ask for bdays.
God forbid people enjoy some vr.
You think that's all they collect? You bought one, didn't you?
My kids got one. We don't have FB accounts. I have pihole setup as my DNS, don't have cable, use Firefox and ublock, ads mean fuck all to me. I ride the high seas, have been since Napster. I pay for what I like, avoid what I don't.
I'm old enough that if there is something they don't know about me, it's not hard to find. People act like a company knowing their name and adress is going to send them to a early grave or something.
You need to find your balance of security and convenience and learn to live your life.
Your...name and address? What century is this?
You keep asking questions and providing nothing. Put up or shut up.
You want my name and address? That seems kind of rude. Why?
In what way did I ask for that?
So what were you asking?
WHAT? I didn't ask a damn thing, I said YOU need to find your balance of security and convenience.
YOU keep asking random questions. Wtf are you on about? You're talking shit about people with quest hardware like we sold our souls.
I don't use Facebook, I don't care about ads since they're all blocked. What is your beef with people enjoying life?
Yeah I hate you because you're happy. I'm just a bitter spirit of elemental jealousy.
Even if rooted and used without account via PrivateQuest?
Cassandrafatigue doesn't know anything about what they are talking about.
Fitting username at least.
It's hardware that can be used with SteamVR or load opensource VR apps directly onto it like DoomVR.
This is almost like someone complaining, "Facebook messenger is asking for my birthdate on the 120hz 1440p monitor that Facebook sold me for half price." and you reply, "People who bought a PC monitor are dumb fucks."
It is cheap 3d goggles that display what your PC sends it. Just like your monitor. You don't have to use Meta's software. You definitely don't need to use Meta's VR Chat app (That's Horizon that the OP references.)_
Meta is selling VR at a loss like a console where they make up the loss with software game sales. But unlike a Switch/PS5, you don't have to buy their games. So the real idiot is anyone who wants VR and doesn't buy a Meta product. Buying a Quest and then using SteamVR causes Meta to lose money.
I'm paraphrasing the guy who owns it. A known and verified quote that was leaked years ago.
I'd ask how you don't know this but it's pretty clear you bought one.
I bought them for my kids. I didn't buy it until you could use it without a Facebook account.
I recognized the quote. But as I explained it doesn't apply because the dumb fucks are those that can't see buying a loss leader hardware product and then not using it the way they planned hurts Facebook.
Tankies give the order of Lenin. I say rationalization should get the order of... Gladwell or iglacias? One of those guys.
Quest is cheap hardware you can use however you want. You didn't know what you were talking about.