Jae :resonite: (@jae)

@jae@ap.j4.lc

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No, the Steam Frame will not "revolutionize" VR as a whole, it'll be an expensive toy for hobbyists, nothing more.

If you want to revolutionize the ecosystem, only one way: make better shit cheaper, that's it. You ain't going to convince someone to launch themselves into VR by showing them a device that costs an arm.

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Colin 🐈🌱 @Colin@meow.social

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@jae
All I want is a wireless VR headset that doesn't force an online account on me or other arbitrary software restrictions. To my knowledge, the Steam Frame is the only device that satisfies this.

It's expensive, but in the long run there's no killswitch the company would use to turn it into e-waste.

Same reason I got myself the Fairphone. It's much more expensive for what you get compared to the competition, but I can repair it and extend its lifetime for many more years than what I could do for the cheaper competition. This phone will last me at least 8 years.

We reached the point where a phone can do all the things you'd want a phone to do, there is no innovation going on that would justify throwing away your current one and get a new one.

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Jae

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@Colin as of now, you have no way of telling if Valve won't lock you into their own account system at launch, or even in the future, nor that the device itself will even live up to the hype (which I think it won't, like any overhyped piece of hardware).

Likewise, Valve already has a kill switch on their console-like hardware, they rolled their own OS, they're already controlling that. All it takes is a single update to lock everything down forever.

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Violet

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@jae @Colin Quoting Steam:

[...] Just like any SteamOS device, install your own apps, open a browser, do what you want: It's your PC.

No it is NOT a killswitch, because you can LITERALLY install a different OS. Please, stop with the ragebait

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Jae

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@violet0461 @Colin ... until Valve decides you can't. If you cared to read my reply, all it takes to lock something down is an update.

Others did that before, Valve could. Saying "oh they wouldn't" is just purely delusional, they're a company at the end, their goal is profit, not some divine mission to improve humanity.

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