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 8 months ago (2 children)

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 8 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 8 months ago (1 children)

I found THIS, but there are some caveats.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 8 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.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My quest 2 exists to have VD on it

Sounds a lot like a girl I knew back in college. Do you also share it with all your friends and people you barely met?

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

God bless Jessica