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Meta announces always online DRM for all existing and future Quest VR devices (mixed-news.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Meta sneakily introduced "Platform Integrity Attestation API" 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 it'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 "platform integrity". Not all details are clear yet but this doesn't look good.

Currently it's optional and up to app developers to enable it.

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[-] bappity@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

what the hell meta you had a good thing

[-] Maestro@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

It stopped being a good thing when Meta took over and you had to login with your Facebook account.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

You haven’t had to log in with a a Facebook account for 12 months, that decision was quickly reversed.

[-] H_Interlinked@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Meta never had a good thing. Oculus had a good thing. Meta WAS the bad thing. The writing was on the wall from the start and the open VR community has preached about it for years. It's a shame for the best outgoing PC-Free VR hardware.