I do enjoy my quest experience a lot. However, the big issue for Oculus is the lack of some big titles to get more people to the eco-system. If you look at the top charts, you will notice that the top ones stay there for a whole year. Maybe it is due to the form factor which limit the types of games on it.
They do have 1+B people long ago.
Science and technology need the soil of IP protection, justice system and other core values (that CCP does not respect or care) to grow. You think talents would like to stay in a closed system like that? Think about it again after checking out situation in Hong Kong last year.
It is very simple, from the quality of the work you know that those people worth the price. If you are not paying that, they will leave and work for other companies that could afford them.