As a Quest 2 owner I'd love some competition but nothing comes close to its feature set at its price point. Valve index or HP Reverb may have marginally higher resolutions, but Quest 2 is both standalone AND does PCVR/Steam completely wirelessly. For what its worth it's easier to sideload apps on a quest than an iphone, and I've gotten random android utilities to run on mine, most importantly Mullvad VPN. You can install a custom app launcher and a utility that lets you instantly access it by double clicking the side button, letting you skip all of facebook's stuff.
You can browse the open app catalog here:
Between the oculus store, sidequest, Steam, and dropping in android APKs the device is a lot less closed than you think. Would I prefer if it was facebook account free? Yes but I dont know who else has the cash to compete with facebook on this one.
https://sidequestvr.com/
Between the oculus store, sidequest, Steam, and dropping in android APKs the device is a lot less closed than you think. Would I prefer if it was facebook account free? Yes but I dont know who else has the cash to compete with facebook on this one.