Meta sneakily introduced ā€œPlatform Integrity Attestation APIā€ which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.

This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether itā€™s only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage ā€œplatform integrityā€. Not all details are clear yet but this doesnā€™t look good.

Currently itā€™s optional and up to app developers to enable it.

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Who the fuck are buying shit from google and Facebook? No wonder fucking internet is going to shits

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Google Pixel phones are the only phones compatible with GrapheneOS, so thereā€™s one reason.

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Theyā€™re also easy to unlock and relock the bootloader on

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You can relock the bootloader? Basically ā€œunrootingā€ the device??

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Theyā€™re also absolutely the best phones you can buy, in my opinion.

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The quest is amazing. Itā€™s cheap and completely standalone while also giving you the ability to use it with pc vr games.

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Cant figure out how to delete my own comment. Ignore me

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If you got a good PC for VR the Quest is great to use. I played HL Alyx on it which was incredible.

But the DRM BS thoughā€¦at this point the Pico is looking better for standalone use

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What DRM BS? This article? Iā€™ve explained why itā€™s a whole bunch of fear mongering. There have been apps and games that require always online long before this api came around.

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