Here's a question to stump you: What standalone software do you use that you purchased a license to outright? No subscriptions. Nothing in the cloud. No new versions that come out every 12 months and urge you to repurchase.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
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Jump to Post— SCBWV 441Microsoft Office 2019 with Access.
Jump to Post— SCBWV 441That would be VFIDE. Old PalmOS IDE.
And MS-DOS 6.22 because reasons.What was the earliest DOS you used? Mine was 2.0 I believe. Could have been earlier. I remember using an IBM PC with two 5.25 single-sided drives (A: and B: 😊). I can still hear the …
Jump to Post— Reverend Jim 6,681Probably 1.0 or 1.1. Before that I was using CP/M. If only Gary Kildall had skipped that fishing trip.
Jump to Post— Reverend Jim 6,681Remember the days of The Computer Chronicles?
Certainly. I'd watch it every week. The was Stuart Cheifet as I recall.
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Reverend Jim 6,681 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
AirReceiver. It allows me to stream directly from my Oculus to my laptop. Also a VPN.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
And yet, does your Oculus work without a Meta account connected to the Internet and selling you to Facebook advertisers?
SCBWV 441 Junior Poster
Microsoft Office 2019 with Access.
Reverend Jim 6,681 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
The Oculus is linked to a Facebook account which I created years ago and only used once until I got the Quest. It is not linked to my real name (a violation by today's rules). I can still use it when the internet is down (not very often) for some things. At least my favourite game (In Death Unchained) doesn't try to stream me ads. That reminds me, if you include the Oculus I have also purchased:
- In Death Unchained
- Wander (VR front end for Google Street View)
- Red Matter II
- Beat Sabre
The Wander app is great. I can walk down any place captured by Google Street View and look around like I was standing there. BasÃlica de la Sagrada FamÃlia was amazing.
rproffitt 3,266 https://5calls.org Team Colleague
That would be VFIDE. Old PalmOS IDE.
And MS-DOS 6.22 because reasons.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
@Dani The Oculus is linked to a Facebook account which I created years ago and only used once until I got the Quest. It is not linked to my real name (a violation by today's rules). I can still use it when the internet is down (not very often) for some things.
But my point is that the Oculus is not fully functional without an Internet connection and being logged into a Meta account. It's not like you're buying this really expensive piece of hardware outright. The business model is still that it tracks your behavior and interests in Quest and then sells user cohorts to Facebook advertisers. Perhaps you're trying to get around this by creating a FB account only for the Quest, but that's actually a violation of FB's TOS. You very most likely won't get caught, but that still doesn't negate that the Quest's low price point (relatively speaking, for what it is) is because you're buying a piece of hardware that enables you to be the product.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
That would be VFIDE. Old PalmOS IDE.
And MS-DOS 6.22 because reasons.
And you still use that?
rproffitt commented: Both are to have valid licenses. For reasons. Legacy apps that I still support. +17
Reverend Jim 6,681 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
that's actually a violation of FB's TOS
Correct, but it was not a violation at the time I created the account.
you're buying a piece of hardware that enables you to be the product
I'm not concerned about that as long as I don't see ads while I am in-app. The start screen DOES show recommendations, but I just close them and they go away. Consider it like zipping past all the commercials when you record a TV show.
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
Correct, but it was not a violation at the time I created the account.
I think you're mistaken. Since its very, very early days, Facebook has had a strict policy of one account per person and that account must use your real first name and last name.
Consider it like zipping past all the commercials when you record a TV show.
I get that it's not a concern for you. It wouldn't be for me either. But the topic of this question is specifically asking about hardware/software that you own outright with no strings attached. (Specifically to get a discussion going about how rare that is these days.) Your Oculus wouldn't qualify.
Reverend Jim commented: Fair enough +16
rproffitt commented: Fair winds. +0
SCBWV 441 Junior Poster
That would be VFIDE. Old PalmOS IDE.
And MS-DOS 6.22 because reasons.
What was the earliest DOS you used? Mine was 2.0 I believe. Could have been earlier. I remember using an IBM PC with two 5.25 single-sided drives (A: and B: 😊). I can still hear the sound today.
rproffitt commented: Somewhere I have the source code to MS-DOS 1.1 for Sanyo. Something of a story there. Yup, I'm old. +17
Reverend Jim 6,681 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
Probably 1.0 or 1.1. Before that I was using CP/M. If only Gary Kildall had skipped that fishing trip.
trcooke 253 Junior Poster
I purchased a Markdown editing tool called Typora. I paid my money, I downloaded the tool, activated it, and I can run it on my computer forever-more. No recurring subscription.
Reverend Jim 6,681 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
Remember the days of The Computer Chronicles?
Certainly. I'd watch it every week. The was Stuart Cheifet as I recall.
SCBWV commented: Yes, it was. He had a great list of regulars and guests. He's 87. +0
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