Quest as a platform is nonexistent in “gamer” PoV. It’s just the cheapest and most robust _SteamVR_ headset.

Both. The Quest is practically a second-class citizen in VRChat. It can't run many models or worlds unless it's PC linked and running on desktop hardware.

So its more about stand alone vs PC? The Quest display and tracking is pretty great.

Yeah, but the PC is quite a large fraction of the cost of going from nothing to full Index system. If you don't already have a good gaming PC then the Quest alone can't help you, and once you have one you might as well get a system that can also easily do full body tracking.

To be clear, the people who can run these models and worlds are also tethered to a PC. So the quest isn’t any worse than the competition. The complaint here seems to be that it isn’t better enough to justify… well something I’m sure