lol is this really a tweet from one of the designers of the product linking an article from a site their boss owns

Happy medium between dedicated spying device and a general purpose laptop/computer for my mother was an iPad w/stand. Minimum they (or other caretakers) need to be able to do is just swipe to accept an incoming FaceTime

Looking for an alternative -- is there one?

As someone who owns an Oculus Rift S I can tell you that no one should ever give facebook any amount of money and expect what they promised in return.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Well, indirectly, he's shilling for his own hardware. Two can play at that game. "My advice? Don't ask for or take my advice."

A "Portal"... someone should tell Facebook it ain't happening.