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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

While this is awesome and extremely impressive, a Quest 2/3 is significantly better than this with far more functionality and would be able to be purchased for the same price and with zero short or skill required to put together.

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Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Because you pay with data. Quest is the first device, where meta has full control over the Operation System, and even beyond.

You are forced to have a meta account to use it, IRCC

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- utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  You did but not anymore :
  
  Go can be rooted officially
  
  Quest 1/2/3/3s can be used without account thanks to PrivateQuest
  
  Quest 3 v78 (not newer OS version) can be rooted via a hack
  
  So yes, by default you are paying with data. In fact IMHO if possible one should not rely on Meta hardware. That being said if you get e.g. a 2nd hand Quest 2 or 3 and use it without an account then you might be providing little to no money to Meta and no data. It’s not trivial but it’s feasible.
  
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  - anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ah, so you make up the difference with your labor
    
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  You know you can make throwaway meta accounts, don’t you? You don’t have to give it your real details and add all your friends.
  
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REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
But mom, Meta

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