Some of them (e.g. Netflix and Youtube) have official apps for Meta Quest devices, so there might be other reasons.

For Youtube it kind of makes more sense, as they have 360 and 180 content on there and VR headsets are probably best devices to consume it on.

But even with Netflix, having watched some TV show for about hour or so was surprisingly not so bad experience at all on Meta Quest 3.

Netflix for quest feels like it is coded by a single programmer learning to program VR. It hasn't been updated in last 5 years[1]

[1]: https://www.meta.com/experiences/2184912004923042/

I also watched something on the Quest 3 using the Amazon Prime Video app the other day. It was a cool experience, but for now, I still find a TV better. This might change as the technology improves.

Which is why I find the choice not to release an app for the Apple VP odd: it has better hardware so the experience should also be better. Maybe it's because they expect the VP to sell a lot less than the Quest 3?

Maybe because people pay $$ for that promise.

You can actually use it with any game when plugged over USB. There's also a hack which allows to use it wirelessly outside of Stadia https://github.com/helloparthshah/StadiaWireless

Now it's time for IE to switch to WebKit as well. Also, they should make it available for all versions of Windows.

Well, it's MSHTML rendering engine is used by many other apps too, for one thing.

At least in some countries... In the UK we have: http://cl.ly/image/3m2C40432q0u

Yep, in Belgium you get: http://imgur.com/7qAwh

I'm surprised - I wonder if it's the same thing in other EU countries?

At least not all of them - I can see the page without problems (Germany).

Try https://piratereverse.info/

The Netherlands as well.

Then I believe Luxembourg blocks it, too...

fax, really?

Shows how much they care :-)

I don't. Turns out its because I get it on ipv6, and my tunnel terminates in the US I guess (or they don't filter ipv6)

Works fine for me. I'm using enta.net for access, and it's completely unfiltered as far as I'm aware.

Lol, Enta. I bailed on them when they cut my connection after one of those silly letters from US lawyers, because my wife had downloaded "Nurse Betty" here in UK.

Now i'm on Virgin, on a much faster connection. piratebay is "blocked" but i just use one of the 99 mirrors around and life is good.

Use http://tpb.pirateparty.org.uk

Same shit in Denmark.

Oh was, now I run Google DNS.

Here's a shell script (last line Mac-only) to open the pirate bay, regardless of the block (at least in the Netherlands).

(http://fucktimkuik.org)

use Tor

Easier to use one of the many proxies, like the one run by the Pirate Party: https://tpb.pirateparty.org.uk/

Indeed. For anyone in .nl whose providers were forced to block them: http://fucktimkuik.org

Here's a big proxy list: http://proxybay.info

Requiring valid credit card may not by enough - it's still possible to walk around it by generating lots of virtual credit cards, even on the fly.

It may by easy to wrap it with PhoneGap.