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People who bought this hardware are dumb fucks.
It's hardware that can be used with SteamVR or load opensource VR apps directly onto it like DoomVR.
This is almost like someone complaining, "Facebook messenger is asking for my birthdate on the 120hz 1440p monitor that Facebook sold me for half price." and you reply, "People who bought a PC monitor are dumb fucks."
It is cheap 3d goggles that display what your PC sends it. Just like your monitor. You don't have to use Meta's software. You definitely don't need to use Meta's VR Chat app (That's Horizon that the OP references.)_
Meta is selling VR at a loss like a console where they make up the loss with software game sales. But unlike a Switch/PS5, you don't have to buy their games. So the real idiot is anyone who wants VR and doesn't buy a Meta product. Buying a Quest and then using SteamVR causes Meta to lose money.
There really weren't any comparable standalone alternatives at the time. I just wanted to play some Beatsaber back then.
Paraphrasing the guy who owns the company.
Not that he wasn't entirely correct.