>>267303196
Palmer pissed off a lot of people through his political thing which had lasting effects and was the big one, but even outside of that, he said things that kind of pissed people off. All you need to do is go search "Palmer pepperidge farms remembers" and you'll see some of the stuff that pissed people off (though note that a lot of those things ultimately were misunderstandings, out of context, or just unfortunate happenings that fucked them over but it was never their intention for it to happen). At the time, those things were big deals to the VR community and the political thing finally made them pull the trigger on him. 

>that's a case where Luckey could've won a lawsuit if he wanted to fight it out
Perhaps, but it seems unlikely to me he could've won, then again, I don't know a whole lot about law. And no I'm pretty sure Luckey didn't cut a deal. They just ousted him immediately one day without much warning, iirc. 

>Iribe's departure was specifically predicted in advance, which is strong evidence that, like everyone says, he did leave because he disagreed with Facebook's new direction of abandoning high end VR
What predicted his departure other than his character and the fact that he probably didn't like the company culture or direction that you mention? And why should we be entirely supportive of all of his views on VR in the first place, including that thing of Oculus staying with or not staying with high end VR? Maybe it was actually beneficial that he left. And I would argue, that Facebook drive resources towards more affordable but still really good VR which Quest and Rift S in fact are, especially as evidenced by the retention rates and new user statistics that Carmack revealed. 

>>267303431
You may have not seen it but a support response said that they are going to restock cables. Also replacement parts are of course much more expensive compared to having it included in the price of an entire kit, that kind of just how most products work.