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It's not just Adobe. Now Logitech wants me to go to a random website in order to add peripherals to my computer, and I'm met with this when I go to the page they tell me to (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As if it wasn't bad enough that they want me to use a random internet service to add a keyboard to a usb wifi receiver, they have the balls to put this for Firefox users. I clicked out of pure curiosity, as I'm not even remotely interested in involving a corporate internet service in getting my keyboard connected to my computer. This is the message you get now on Logi Options software if you have a Unifying Receiver:

For the curious: https://logiwebconnect.com

EDIT: some people on the thread have brought up that the error message being displayed for Firefox users is due to the WebUSB API not being implemented by Firefox due to security concerns. This still does not justify having to use a web app to plug peripherals to a PC.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IDK... the Unifying Receiver has always been a piece of shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yeah, why not just use Bluetooth, almost everything made in the last few years supports Bluetooth and it doesn't need a shitty proprietary dongle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Even the shity 1 cent aliexpress mouse does Bluetooth...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As I learned once I started using it with Bluetooth, Bluetooth devices don't work during POST, so I've had to have a secondary wired keyboard at hand for whenever I go into the bios.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just use Redragon stuff. It just plugs in and works. Only time you need the software is if you wanna remap buttons or change the colors.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What

The

Shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

it's not a strict useragnent filter, they're displaying this for all browsers that don't have the web usb api
firefox does not support it yet (support is planned afaik)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This might be new. I've been using Firefox for years and have a couple of Logitech unified receiver devices. I don't remember chrome being involved. That would've pissed me off too.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trying to figure out my next move when my harmony hubs become a pain or stop working altogether.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's so frustrating and stupid. When I bought my latest mouse I went with a Zowie specifically because you can change the relevant DPI/polling rate functions with a button right underneath the mouse. It's simple. It doesn't require a proprietary third party application or website on my computer. And usually those things don't even work with Linux, not that I would want them in any OS.

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