I don’t understand how gamers can so vehemently hate Facebook and Instagram, but salivate so heavily over the Meta Quest. A VR system that explicitly requires you to have a Meta account and will send all of your data up to them. All the same things they claim to hate about FB.
As usual, people are not willing to give something up to stick to their ideals. They may bitch and moan but when asked to not buy a quest, it’s too much of a sacrifice. :)
People don’t even change their browser from Chrome because Google say it’s faster (since the only thing where Google can compete is speed - they can’t compete on privacy).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t the meta VR headsets by far the best price/performance ones out there. I have barely any experience with VR, but every time I look the other brands are way more expensive.
Of course, that’s how it works. But just because you make an economically sound decision doesn’t mean you don’t get tracked and data mined by these scumbag companies. :)
Agree with this comment and your first. Having ideals isn’t worth much if you aren’t willing to put your money where your mouth is. The cheap option is almost always the least moral one. “It’s better for the price” doesn’t justify - it does the opposite.
Fast fashion isn’t okay because it’s cheap, you’re just choosing to ignore the slave labor.
IKEA is cheaper but unless you’re truly going to keep the thing 10+ years you’re contributing to our throw away culture.
Examples go on
Cheaper is almost never the better alternative. You pay more to do the better thing, and if there isn’t a better thing, then sometimes that means going without. When it comes to meta, I’ll happily not take part in VR and wait for something else, or continue to use my existing equipment.
As one of those gamers, the answer imho is quite simple: Ignoring the awful data practices of Meta, the Quest 2/3 as a product is great. Over the years, my Q2 kept improving, with constant updates, new features and general performance improvements. I just got a Q3, and the technological jump is enormous. Add to that the absolute lack of (affordable) alternatives, and you have an easy choice: recognize that Meta has done more for the VR space than anyone else, or don’t do VR.
I mean they’re a mega corp willing to lose billions upon billions to own the market. That none of their competitors are willing to bleed money like that isn’t surprising, and buying into such an obviously poisoned platform is not a good idea for the future of the industry unless you want it to be owned by Meta.
I’m sorry, but it’s not. Same as the alternative to a meat-based diet isn’t “have you tried starving?”. Only other inside-out tracking headsets are made by Apple and Pico (Bytedance). Both companies that are as bad as Meta. You can debate whether humanity needs VR/AR, but that’s a different topic. VR in it’s current state is driven by Meta.
Meta - No thanks.
I don’t understand how gamers can so vehemently hate Facebook and Instagram, but salivate so heavily over the Meta Quest. A VR system that explicitly requires you to have a Meta account and will send all of your data up to them. All the same things they claim to hate about FB.
As usual, people are not willing to give something up to stick to their ideals. They may bitch and moan but when asked to not buy a quest, it’s too much of a sacrifice. :)
People don’t even change their browser from Chrome because Google say it’s faster (since the only thing where Google can compete is speed - they can’t compete on privacy).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t the meta VR headsets by far the best price/performance ones out there. I have barely any experience with VR, but every time I look the other brands are way more expensive.
Of course, that’s how it works. But just because you make an economically sound decision doesn’t mean you don’t get tracked and data mined by these scumbag companies. :)
Agree with this comment and your first. Having ideals isn’t worth much if you aren’t willing to put your money where your mouth is. The cheap option is almost always the least moral one. “It’s better for the price” doesn’t justify - it does the opposite.
Fast fashion isn’t okay because it’s cheap, you’re just choosing to ignore the slave labor.
IKEA is cheaper but unless you’re truly going to keep the thing 10+ years you’re contributing to our throw away culture.
Examples go on
Cheaper is almost never the better alternative. You pay more to do the better thing, and if there isn’t a better thing, then sometimes that means going without. When it comes to meta, I’ll happily not take part in VR and wait for something else, or continue to use my existing equipment.
As one of those gamers, the answer imho is quite simple: Ignoring the awful data practices of Meta, the Quest 2/3 as a product is great. Over the years, my Q2 kept improving, with constant updates, new features and general performance improvements. I just got a Q3, and the technological jump is enormous. Add to that the absolute lack of (affordable) alternatives, and you have an easy choice: recognize that Meta has done more for the VR space than anyone else, or don’t do VR.
I mean they’re a mega corp willing to lose billions upon billions to own the market. That none of their competitors are willing to bleed money like that isn’t surprising, and buying into such an obviously poisoned platform is not a good idea for the future of the industry unless you want it to be owned by Meta.
I fully agree with you that Meta should not have the quasi monopoly that they have. But what’s the alternative?
Alternative is not to give any money AND data to Meta
I’m sorry, but it’s not. Same as the alternative to a meat-based diet isn’t “have you tried starving?”. Only other inside-out tracking headsets are made by Apple and Pico (Bytedance). Both companies that are as bad as Meta. You can debate whether humanity needs VR/AR, but that’s a different topic. VR in it’s current state is driven by Meta.