BeatOn Support Ending – Illicit Mods Are Now Against the Oculus TOS

https://old.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/dddjb9/beaton_support_ending_illicit_mods_are_now/

by TeMPOraL • 7 years ago

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TeMPOraL• 7 years ago

Why I think this is relevant to HN: Oculus Quest is a new standalone (cable-free) VR headset, whose popularity in was to great extent driven by the game BeatSaber, which is popular because - like any dancing game - there was a way for a community to sideload custom songs to dance to. The newest ToS update explicitly kills off song sideloading on Quest, and because of that, a lot of people are talking about sending back the headset for refund. It might turn into an interesting case study of intellectual property concerns possibly ruining a pair of good products.

(Disclaimer: I did bought Quest recently, 90% of the motivation was to play Beat Saber with custom songs. So I'm personally disappointed about this too.)

ChildOfChaos• 7 years ago

They might of updated there TOS but nothing has changed, you can still sideload everything just as normal, all that is different is a message at the top saying illicit mods and privacy are against TOS.

I too bought the quest when custom songs became a thing, but found i didn't really like beat saber and perfered BoxVR instead, I don't mind the songs in BoxVR, I only wanted custom songs in Beat Saber because the original songs are cancer but most customs don't flow that well.

BeatOn Support Ending – Illicit Mods Are Now Against the Oculus TOS

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