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QuantumQuanton's avatar
QuantumQuanton
Explorer
1 year ago

Why are there a bunch of Horizons worlds showing in my library?

I have no interest in Horizons. If I could disable it via adb I could, but I tried that and the app is protected.

 

I have never opened any of these worlds, I never "installed" them yet they're blended in confusingly with actual installed apps. Considering there's a separate tab specifically for Horizon worlds, I consider these worlds showing in the normal apps list a bug that should be changed, and I hope it is not some feature to try to promote Horizons. And it's pretty easy to tell when a world is in the apps list because it cannot be hidden, removed, or uninstalled. This is spammy and unprofessional of the Meta platform as a whole.

 

Edit: I may have been in the "all" tab instead of "applications," checking now the applications tab only shows installed apps. If maybe I wasn't confused, then this might be an actual bug where the applications tab showed the horizons worlds, however I do not fully recall what happened, other than noticing something after opening the horizons app after disabling the people app to see if the social features were disabled in it.

7 Replies

  • Zwippet's avatar
    Zwippet
    Honored Guest
    1 year ago

    I think that Worlds no one uses and Meta thought: Let’s push the apps no one wants.

    It sucks Meta..

  • SpikyBurmese1466's avatar
    SpikyBurmese1466
    Honored Guest
    1 year ago

    I think there are now 5 or 6 horizon world icons in my All list.  What is annoying is that I can't seem to delete them.  Does anyone know a way to do that?

    • JiDix's avatar
      JiDix
      Explorer
      5 months ago

      I ended up putting a pin lock on mine to avoid Accidental Click launch. 

       

  • M.I.L.L.E.R's avatar
    M.I.L.L.E.R
    Honored Guest
    11 months ago

    I see these horizon portals under our apps tab as a way to force users in with accidental or curious clicks because Horizons isn't popular. It's saturated with screecher children and I think Meta is desperate to find babysitters.

  • PinkCrafter's avatar
    PinkCrafter
    Honored Guest
    9 months ago

    I had the same problem. Apps just squeezed into my headset and I don't want them. Wish I knew how much space they're taking, but I can't find where to check how much of my HD space is being used. Is it disabled? 
    What is next, turning on the headset and automatically starting in Horizon? 
    Meta, please do something about that. 

    • brindletron's avatar
      brindletron
      Honored Guest
      9 months ago

      They don't take space in the same way as other apps as they're essentially links to worlds within the worlds app. So yes, just flat out adverts to medicore things you've never used. This could have just been a single worlds side tab. The fact they appear in 'installed' there is no way to avoid them when browsing your legitimately paid for / wanted games and apps.

      It's a pretty gross tactic. Reminds me the shovelware in the windows 11 task bar. Even with developer mode or sideloading there is not way to hide them. Hopefully not a sign of things to come. 

  • MrPupperDog's avatar
    MrPupperDog
    Honored Guest
    7 months ago

    Since I am here reading this it means like everyone else here I was searching for a way to get rid of it.

    I have no interest in Horizon Worlds or VR Chat. I am also tired of getting notification of "check out this World"

    I fear commercials will be coming. First when you fire up your Quest, then before and after playing a game, and finally during the game. And don't forget that No Ads subscription they will start. Maybe by then Pico or another headset will be available here and we can leave this Matrix behind for the kiddies.