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Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained (youtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What are the problems with Razer? I've only used their mice, so I honestly don't even know what else they make

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Keyboards, headphones, laptops, a handheld Steam Deck imitator, and various other RGB gamer shit. All of it is trash. Their business model nowadays seems to revolve entirely around upselling Aliexpress quality Chinese garbage at premium prices and then methodically denying every single warranty claim for defective and DOA product using spurious excuses. Oh, and their driver software is crap. And their products are consistently behind even Logitech on the features you get for the price.

Through no particular intentional means, I am now a Logitech convert. For mice and keyboards, their stuff has always been consistently reliable for me, their "G" series driver software is significantly less irritating than Razer Synapse, and most of their stuff is cheaper as well.

I think in my lifetime I've trashed four Razer keyboards, at least as many mice, and two pairs of headphones. All of these died early deaths -- within weeks, sometimes a couple of months at the outside. Every time I tell myself this time will be different. It never is. I don't buy their shit anymore, and I don't recommend anyone else do, either.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember Razer ever not being like that. Was it?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I dunno, the Boomslang was pretty rad back in the day. But it was so old it was a ball mouse.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Can just Onboard Memory Manager too for Logitech mice, don't even need that G hub garbage.

[–] EvilLootbox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I bought the $120 Razer Wolverine V2 Xbox controller after MS shrunk the official controller for the Series S/X and it was a piece of shit. Replaced it with a $45 gamesir (Chinese brand) with hall effect triggers and sticks that I've had for two years now with no issues and no drift, a first for any xbox controller I've ever had. Razer sucks.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean their mice are terrible too. I went through three of their mice in two years back in like 2016. Been using a Logitech g2 whatever their most famous one is since then and it’s not had a single problem. So much so that I bought two more for my other computer and my wife.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've been using the same DeathAdder for like 10 years 😅 what are you doing to these poor mice

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Nothing. It was a work mouse for me, I didn’t even use it for gaming. There’s a reason razer has a terrible reputation.