• jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Does this make it possible to use the headset without ever having a Meta account? That’s the only way I’d be willing to interact with a Quest device.

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        7 months ago

        Lol, of course not, you have to make an account to enable developer options to enable side loading

        The stealing of our data is how they make the headset so cheap

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          7 months ago

          Hopefully, someone is sitting on a root workaround, and will reveal it once the updates stop.

          I’d buy a second hand one, if there was a way to use it without any meta involvement.

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            7 months ago

            I’m expecting it, tbh

            I have a quest 2 and it’s actually a FANTASTIC headset, but I want to rip the meta shit out

            Not even because they’re a gross company (tho they are), I use a burner account with burner info and play in a gray room through a router specifically for my VR (almost completely lag free wireless this way, it works) but because I HATE that they made you have arms in an update and didn’t let us turn it off. They’re horrid

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              7 months ago

              I have a quest 2 and it’s actually a FANTASTIC headset

              Yes, because of John Fifth-Dimensional-Being-Pretending-to-be-a-Human Carmack.

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                7 months ago

                “oh, do you need me to just invent the fundamental technology for a massive sector of computing again? Sure, no problem, have it to ya by Friday”

                • John Carmack on multiple occasions
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                7 months ago

                I wish they gave me a firearm

                But no, it’s a garbage implementation of giving you a digital avatar that displays arms in a first person view by guessing where they must be based off of controller position.

                It clearly doesn’t use the cams on the device cuz they’re bad

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              7 months ago

              they made you have arms in an update and didn’t let us turn it off

              What? I’m guessing they made it so your arms show up in-game somehow???

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                7 months ago

                Not in games, but in the main hub menu of the device

                It tries to guess where your arms are based on controller position

                It’s c r a p

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          7 months ago

          Bro the quest is only 5 years old. And stop excusing shitty practices just because they are the normal.

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            7 months ago

            Lol, the famously great reading comprehension of the Internet.

            1. I didn’t excuse shit

            2. 5 years of updates is a pretty normal timeline for mobile devices

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                7 months ago

                Pointing out that you’re whining about something thats irrelevant isn’t excsing shit, but reading comprehension is hard for you I guess.

                The initial point was that the dick move was blocking developers who wanted to and were able from sending content hosted on metas server to Quest 1 headsets. I responded with a sarcastic comment giving people a way to get around that dickheaded move by sideloading

                It is not related in any way to not giving security updates anymore. That’s normal EOL shit for devices and software. If you don’t like that or don’t like how long meta offered support that’s a you issue and I did not comment on it other than pointing out that 5 years is normal update life on devices like that after you already changed the subject

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                  7 months ago

                  something thats irrelevant

                  its perfectly relevant to the conversation.

                  Get out of this reddit mentality you have where every interaction you have with another person on the internet is an argument you’re trying to “win”.