[HN Gopher] Oculess - Removes account requirements and telemetry... ___________________________________________________________________ Oculess - Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices Author : detaro Score : 56 points Date : 2021-10-14 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | fartcannon wrote: | Stuff like this is great fun, but if we just don't buy things | from known bad actors in the first place, we can save ourselves | the trouble of playing whack-a-mole. | Mountain_Skies wrote: | Agree in general but if the hardware is subsidized and you're | able to excise the bad actor's trash from the device, you come | out ahead and the company loses a bit. | dylan604 wrote: | This is similar to iOS or Android. You can stand on your | soapbox and preach to the choir, but at the end of the day | there is only so many choices. | | I like this solution because you still get to use the hardware | and use the apps, but it denies the overlords of the thing they | want the most. | onkoe wrote: | This kinda breaks online and also kneecaps some offline apps. | Still, if your Quest is just your portal to Virtual Desktop, | you'll find this very useful as it removes the worst parts of the | Quest as a wireless PCVR headset. Good luck! | lapetitejort wrote: | Do you know by chance what breaks? For example, would immersed | [0] still work, or tethered Steam VR? | | [0]: https://immersed.com/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-14 23:00 UTC)