• Johanno
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    291 month ago

    What they want to sell:

    A mouse with the quality of the mice 20 years ago. And you need to subscribe to software updates. However the subscription is not optional. If you don’t pay monthly you can’t use the mouse.

    What I would actually pay for:

    A high quality mouse with an open interface and maybe open source software for it. So I can maintain the software by myself. Usually you can achieve a high quality standard in a few months, and unless there are some driver issues, it should work forever.

    I have a “gamer mouse” with a lot of features, custom dpi settings, custom color settings, rebinding keys and so on.

    However I used the software once to set it up and on Linux I can’t even change it. I will never receive any updates!

    • @[email protected]
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      191 month ago

      Quality of the mouse of 20 years ago? Are were going to need the cook the eggs extra long to replace the mouse balls again?

        • @AeonFelis
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          131 month ago

          Which was only 10 years ago.

          • @ikidd
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            151 month ago

            You might want to check that again.

            • the post of tom joad
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              141 month ago

              Shhh yes, yes it’s 2014. Obama just made it so we can unlock our phones legally. You are playing Skyrim for (only) the 4th time. Covid sounds like a bad name for a youtube podcast. The jenga tower of your game mods crashes down. You grunt… Did you save recently?

            • @AeonFelis
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              11 month ago

              And feel old? No thanks!

    • @Etterra
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      121 month ago

      What sane people will buy: hey this one’s good enough, plus it’s on sale for $10!

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Nah, wouldn’t want to miss the accelerated scroll of the MX Master. Why is this not standard yet, software-side like pointer acceleration?

    • @LinusSexTips
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      51 month ago

      Ratbagd / Piper doesn’t work for your mouse?

      • Johanno
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        11 month ago

        Never tried it. I didn’t knew that existed

        • @LinusSexTips
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          21 month ago

          Works for my Logi mouse, was very happy when I found the package (thanks nixpkgs search)