>>355464667
The alternative is having the self-control to not fall for heavily subsidized hardware and to make conscientious purchases.

Not everyone does this and almost no one is perfect but the way I see it, VR is a nascent industry which is at a crossroads for it's future. If market share shifts significantly towards the facebook ecosystem, then VR is condemned to a heavily locked down and very anti-consumer existence. Apart from data-mining, there will be ads, devs will be forced to make fb exclusives, and the vast majority of normal non tech-savvy consumers will be tied to a closed ecosystem which will gauge them with premium prices and MTX. If there is a significant non-fb presence in VR, then the industry might just remain open and competitive, with a pro-consumer stance. 

And atm, the price to make the right choice is only double the cost of a quest. It's not hard to save up money for twice the amount of time.