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Hardware manufacturer Razer doesn't know what it's doing when it comes to hardware and software, it seems, with a mountain of complaints from its customers about defects and RMA issues. Razer has problems with its Blade laptop's trackpad / touchpad, crashing and BSODs, external display connectivity, and more. Its Synapse software also negatively impacts performance, and its customer support hasn't been very supportive of end users.

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[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't news to anyone who's ever used Razer products. They're amazing fresh from the box, but have crap durability, horrible software, and laughable support.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The only reason they're still so common is that you could swap out "Razer" in your comment with 90% of the other gaming or performance brands and it would be just as true if not moreso. I had to swap to razer after I had two Corsair mice failed in as many months, and what seemed like a software bug kill three Logitech mice (One I had been using previously, and two more bought to replace it, which were broken out of the box).

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Man, I’ve been using the same Logitech mice (two of the same model) and headset for like eight or nine years now. Still works great.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Their older stuff was absolutely great. Theres a reason I tried to replace my original Logitech mouse with a duplicate twice. Its their more recent stuff (and esspecially more recent software) that have fallen off in quality.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

That’s a shame. Maybe when I need to replace these I’ll hunt down old stock of the same products.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I have a wireless mouse from a few years back and it is solid

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I want my mx518 back

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I have teenagers. You could sell them cat turds for $90 with programmable RGB lighting.

[–] zo0@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

You are feeding mice to the machine