>>280487404
>How does revive work? Do I have to install the occulus bloatware too?
Yeah, you need the Oculus software for it.
>Why the fuck is the priciest option the one you have to fiddle the most with
If you mean Revive, that's all on Oculus. There's nothing Valve can really do about it.
I've heard rumors that Oculus plans to eventually move to OpenXR though, which would at least fix the problem for any games released after the move.