[bonton89]

I can understand your frustration but were you not aware of the software lock in when you bought it? I'm not defending the ownership erosion, but I avoided these things specifically because of who was selling it and how it was locked to them.

[idle_zealot]

I was aware. They are the only game in town when it comes to standalone VR. I want to play BeatSaber, a game I purchased when I used an Oculus Quest, and the only way to do that now is by subjecting myself to Meta's whims. I compromise on my ideals to have nice things, but will continue to complain when I feel that I or others have been wronged.

[IggleSniggle]

Not OP but I bought a Rift when it was still just Oculus.

...then Facebook bought Oculus...

...and then required you to have a Meta account to continue using the Oculus drivers.

It's a real "boil the frog" strategy and this is still early days for VR in terms of realized market value. The time to push back on this bullshit is yesterday. As we can all see, nobody can compete with Meta on price with the Quest 3, but the cost to purchase is heavily subsidized by the expected futures.

[bonton89]

If you bought a Rift before facebook purchased them I wouldn't call it boiling the frog, more like being stabbed in the back. Not much to do there but sell your device but I guess most people probably hoped things would turn out differently than they did. This is one of the most infuriating parts of America now, if you hate a company and never want to interact with them some merger comes along and throws you into being their customer again against your will.

Of course, OP owns a Quest 3 so its more cut and dry there.