Comment on what exactly is the steam frame?

• Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The Quest also has the caveat of being tied to Meta, and people like me will never buy one because of that.

  source

  • helimopp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    yeah and that pisses me off. well not the people not buying the hardware but the developers. i would LOVE to play Hotdogs And handgrenades but untill i get the frame i cant as the devs of that game has clearly said “we will not be porting our game to any meta owned platform”.

    source

    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It shouldn’t piss you off. You should be cheering for that behavior, and it would be wonderful if every dev was that brave.

      The reason the Quest is relatively affordable is because you are the product. Meta is harvesting your data for free, and the cost is partially subsidized by the sale of your data. Continuing to support the Metas, the Googles, the Xitters, etc. does not ultimately benefit anyone but the wealthy.

      I get that it can be frustrating to lose out on some fun, but I think not buying their products is a worthy sacrifice to make for the good of us all.

      source

      • helimopp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        i dont care about all that data stuff. i just want the game to be on quest. for the quest 2 they had the excuse of “ohhh its not powerfull enough” but they could 100% do it with the quest 3 im sure

        source

        • -> View More Comments
  • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And that caveat also comes with a discount, I heard Quest sells for less than it costs to produce.

    I never wanted to get Quest even if the price was good, I hope I will be able to get the Frame soon 🥲

    source

    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s not truly a discount either, it’s a subsidy. That cost is recouped by the aggregation and sale of your data, which is far more valuable to Meta than a single product sale.

      source