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   mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 16:01:06 JST mcc

   As part of their aggressive attempt to get people to replace their old headsets, Facebook's Quest 1 headsets, released in 2019, will be barred from purchasing any app on the Quest store released after April 30, even if that app would have supported the Quest 1 when sideloaded.

   The aggressive deprecation schedule really makes me baffled why anyone would trust Facebook with their money here. This is a novelty/nice-to-have device, not something you upgrade every 2 years.

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwilliams/2024/03/29/meta-issues-warning-that-impacts-many-quest-headset-users/?sh=42b7afa66306

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     Tim Ellis 🦝 (the_tim@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 16:01:04 JST Tim Ellis 🦝

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     @mcc I lost all respect for Oculus the moment they sold to Facebook.

     And this isn't the first time they've given the middle finger to users of older hardware, either. They screwed over GearVR owners.

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 20:05:56 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦
     @valeg @mcc a friend who has it said that if you don't use the AR features it's very close to the Quest 2 and not that much better.
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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 20:05:57 JST mcc

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     I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to explain this to anyone, but I still think the best Oculus device was the Go

     That was the hyper-light headset with the hyper-simplified controller that sold for just $200. It was great. Looked nice, felt better to wear than any VR headset I've ever used and I've used a lot of them. I had ideas for software optimized for that weird little controller

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     Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦 (valeg@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Apr-2024 20:05:57 JST Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦

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     @mcc have you tried the recent Quest 3? Curious about this one