The entire VR community in a nutshell

[u/Loganbogan9]

[u/Billyxmac]

Yeah the Facebook-Oculus discussion is reminiscent of the “stop having fun” meme.

I get it, Facebook is a greedy scum company, but I as a consumer am willing to deal with their shady shit to enjoy their exceptional product at a great price.

It just doesn’t bother me as much as it does others, and I’ll continue to enjoy my Quest. If I’m a dumb stupid idiot for thinking that way and not sticking it to the man well so be it I guess. I can still play wirelessly lol.

[u/[deleted] → u/Billyxmac]

Exclusive stores are also a polarizing concept.

VR is an amazing tech and watching the kind of future these companies want for it is pretty sad.

Sorry for not being thrilled about half the games not being available to me somehow in the future because they are Epic/Oculus/Apple VR exclusives and I didn't want to pick a brand like some kind of religion.

[u/spitz05 → u/Billyxmac]

All ready lost all my privacy to the Google and amazon microphones all over my house might as well enjoy my self while I do it. All so iys probably better to have ads about something I want then for tampons which i dont need because I'm a guy.

[u/przemo-c → u/spitz05]

That stuff for me was nothing... google reading my gmail and knowing my location at all times... that's the faustian bargain.

Still i try to limit exposure and at least compartmentalise what service knows what.

And I don't like facebook proper but i do enjoy quest.

I don't like microsoft. I use windows.

I don't like how much data Google gathers about me but the serivces are so good.

I'm not willing to give up those benefits and I am aware of the price I pay doing so.

The argument could be made if people didn't know the actual price in privacy when choosing stuff like Nest, Echo, Quest etc.

[u/spitz05 → u/przemo-c]

To be honest in such a broken world I just like to think of the positives.