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.

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Lesson learnt. Stop buying products from HP, Adobe and now Logitech. Create a list of shitty companies and share it with everyone. Consumers have the ultimate power, stop buying g their product ans see how quickly they change everything back to normal.

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    1·
    1 year ago

    Ok well as a Linux user I don’t get any of this. I connect to the keyboard with Bluetooth and it just works when you plug it in. There are no pop-ups or alerts to go to any web pages.

    Just saying life is quite a bit better here in that regard.

  • Gerbler@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    If your website doesn’t work with non-chromium browsers your website doesn’t work.

    • IOMMU@discuss.tchncs.de
      01·
      1 year ago

      Well, no, this is using the WebUSB most likely which is not supported by Firefox. Regardless of the security implications of the WebUSB API, this is a Firefox specific issue

      • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        I thought that you have to open a website to connect some peripheral was the issue here. You should not need a browser for that at all. The issue here is very clearly Logitech.

  • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Any simple device, that should just work by plugging it into your computer, that instead demands an internet connection between you and the device… is 100% a device thats designed to steal your information/habits/etc.

    because there is no reason to have the expenditure and costs of running a webservice otherwise.

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    1 year ago

    I rarely use my windows laptop for anything but a few core tasks, I swear every time I went to do anything I need to make a new account for something -i needed to log into my laptop’s inbuilt system dash then I needed to make an Nvidia account to upgrade my graphics card drivers just to play baldurs gate - which has it’s own pointless launcher which wanted me to sign up…

    One day they’re going to give all the data to an AI and it’s going to say ‘why the fuck do you make people sign up for so much bullshit? None of this data is even slightly useful’ then it’ll launch all the nukes