Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected | TechCrunch
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Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of
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It ruined Oculus, that was a change.

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Yup, I was about to but an Oculus Rift years ago, but once they were bought out by Facebook, I swore them off forever.

I’m still waiting for a decent, privacy respecting headset that’s not too expensive and works well on Linux.

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Facebook (or Meta) sends me threatening emails every week about my Oculus account being deleted if I don’t bow down to Zuckerberg and link my Facebook account to it.

I havent touched either in years.

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I was going to buy one, but when they got bought out it made the Vive an obvious choice for me. No regrets, it still works great.

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I got a cv1 before Facebook bought them. It’s been downhill from there. Not to mention the lack of linux support which forced me to keep a windows partition just for it.

It’s in storage now, I don’t know if I’ll be able to reinstall it when I put my machine back together in a few months.

All in all it’s was a fine piece of kit killed by, I’m not even sure, greed probably.

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I’ve heard good things, but they seem to be discontinued at this point and I’m worried about parts availability and whatnot if something breaks.

I’m casually looking at Valve Index. It seems Valve is looking into a successor, so I might wait a bit to see what that looks like. I’m in no hurry.

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I love my index sooooo much

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Vive would be OK if you’re on a budget, you could probably get good deals on used stuff but if you wanted something new, it might be a good idea to wait a bit to see what Valve does.

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You can get 2/3 with the Valve Index, but I don’t think you’ll ever get all 3.

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Is there a valve index 2 on the way?

I would hate to finally get it only for the 2nd version to release a year or two after.

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Yeah, I’ve been debating getting one, but it’s a bit expensive for how much I’d actually use it (like once/month or so). I’m happy to throw $500 at a toy, but not $1k+.

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You should be able to but a used set in very good condition for that price.

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And that was 100% of the changes that were expected, not sure what this article is going on about.

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