What is there to shut down? Can people not host their own servers?

That’s sad to see. Granted, I haven’t played Rec Room in ages, but when I still played VR it really felt like a great and safe playground for all ages. But yeah, I really often asked myself “how do they even make money?”, as basically there was nothing really serious that cost money. A fear I had is that they sold my info or telemetry, but never too much.

It’s nice that they chose to shutter things down rather than to enforce sustainability through scummy tactics.

I know of at least one that pretty much uses scummy tactics to keep things afloat, so it’s heartwarming, although also a bit heartbreaking, to see that they would not let things go to shit and instead take the high road. Kudos to them and I wish the best for the team.

Good. They won’t do digital ID, and they’ll stop messing with children through the platform. Too bad VRChat isn’t taking notes from Rec Room.