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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: 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] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The average consumer is the reason why we can’t have nice things anymore.

No, it's the supply side cornering the market. If there was two similar mouses on the shelf, and one said "no crappy spyware bundled", the average consumer would buy that. That's what they teach the "free market" is, and how free market capitalism should solve this problem.

But free markets don't really exist, the better mouse without crappy spyware doesn't either, so people need to come together and force corporations to respect the social contract. One might call this governmental regulation. That's where the answer is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So then the problem is not consumers, it is citizens. Because how do you expect government regulations to come about if citizens are not asking for it? Citizens and consumers are generally the same people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point is more about "vote with your wallet" is stupid, you should vote with your ... vote.

Then again, some places don't offer the plurality of vote choices that would make a democracy function properly, so privacy regulations can't be voted for. I mean if all your choices are Putin or Putin; or Trump or Biden; what do you do to regulate companies to preserve privacy?

Activism is the answer I guess.

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

The logic is still somewhat circular, given that ordinary people mostly do not vote for Pirates even if they have the choice, and they do not ask their politicians for privacy regulations, much less bother joining a party or running for election.

And if in a democracy your choice is Putin or Putin, who ultimately is to blame for that? Was Putin parachuted into his position by foreign agents? Political systems, whatever their exact nature, are ultimately dependent on the responsibility of their citizens. And, well, it seems that in most places citizens, like consumers, are just not very responsible.

Activism is an answer, agreed on that.