My right-out-of-warranty Logitech M590 mouse lost its pairing to its USB-receiver upon booting up Windows after using the mouse in Linux for weeks out-of-warranty. I bought another one, and that too did the same the first time I booted up Windows after the warranty had expired.
Finally I searched the issue, and it’s normal. I had to install a non-default Logitech software in Windows and re-pair the apparently broken mice to their receivers. Both mice work again, except the older one’s left button is acting up a bit.
A non-asshole company would have notified me “Your mouse receiver needs an update that requires re-pairing the connection manually. Do you want to continue the update?”. And why the hell would a mouse receiver need an update when the warranty ends?
Obviously the purpose is to make the mouse appear broken with plausible deniability and bluff the customer into buying a new mouse.
Bizarre. I’ve been using logitech mice for over a decade. Never had that issue, and I have several different models, from regular to gaming.
Same here. But they’ve all been wired mid-range models. My current ones are on their 7th year. And I don’t use the software. I may be too poor and not elite enough to experience these issues.
I’ve got a big range. From the “Pebble” type to the boring M3255 or M705 to the newer G903 and a few more in between I’ve forgotten. Wired and wireless. I’ve got Razers and a few others mixed in. The worst issue I’ve had with any of them is Linux not wanting to play nice with the older wireless dongles and Razer’s absurd software package.
I may be an old-school Luddite for it, but I’ve never understood the advantage of wireless peripherals beyond aesthetics. I want something slightly heavy that feels good in the hand, and I want to plug it in, have it just start working natively and not have to worry about extra drivers or a battery dying.
It would be one thing if there were a universal dongle that you just left plugged in, but all the ones I’ve encountered are proprietary and specific to the brand or model if not that specific mouse. So if you lose the thing, you now have basically a paperweight.
I had a Microsoft mouse once that was a good compromise in that it came with an optional USB c cable. It also didn’t use a dongle and just operated via Bluetooth. It was heavy AF and had nice haptics on the scroll wheel. But, in true Microsoft fashion it was completely dead after 2 years of heavy daily use.
Agreed. I generally use wired mice, but recently went wireless. Wireless headsets otoh are much better than wired for not getting that cord in the way or tangled up. Downside to wireless isn’t so much the dongle, but the fact that many are going to proprietary batteries. That’s BS because if you can’t get a replacement it makes the device a throwaway.
FWIW the 903 works as a mouse via the dongle or via the USB charging cable, so that’s decent.
The headset stuff I 100% agree with. Unless I’m going to be stationary and listen to music very intentionally. There is a noticeable hit to audio quality over bt (if your files are HQ enough)
Forgot to pay one of the few approved companies to say, “yes this software/driver is authentic & safe cause they paid me to say that”
I’m so glad browsers and operating systems have a better root CA process than “whoever pays Netscape”
LOL. So much so that its security is going to be embedded into your locked down closed-source trusted execution environment.
If your Mac application utilizes a Developer ID provisioning profile to take advantage of advanced capabilities such as CloudKit and push notifications, you must ensure your Developer ID provisioning profile is valid in order for installed versions of your application to run.
It’s possible they just used an “advanced capability”.
Glad I read the writing on the wall and stopped buying Logitech years ago.
There is 0 excuse for a mouse to ever need or use an internet connection. Period.
Read the article. This is a MacOS problem, not a Logitech problem.
The main buttons worked fine, only the specially configured extra buttons didn’t work. Those buttons require a configuration program. There’s no evidence this program needed an Internet connection.
But MacOS blocks all software that doesn’t have an approved certificate. It’s basically the same walled garden as phones. Logitech’s certificate expired.
It only affected Mac users, and only because of the walled garden.
Got to be honest, took me a second to realize that it’s Logitech and the headline meant computer mice.
JFC, it’s a fucking mouse. Do they need to ruin everything, like fucking EVERYTHING?!
Maybe, I don’t know, we don’t need every flippin thing to be internet-connected? Fuckin mental that a cert caused mice, the last thing to need to phone home, to flip shite.
Im still using a MS opitcal mouse from the 90s lol, maybe it’s from the early 00’s, they used to turn up in hard rubbish a lot I have a couple and they suit me fine
is linux affected by this? am i too autistic to not suffer from this?
edit: i should read the article. shame on me. linux users rejoice
I used to really like their 502, convenient form, programmable buttons and two extra ones with also dps change ones. Then I ended up buying one recently and I swear the click on the left button was very loud like mechanical keyboard loud click. Just left button not the right mind you.
Think my first 502 was when they were newer (closer to 2010?) and not as bad. Bought a Razer one similar, feels so much better from cord (nice braided not stiff) to even just moving it on the pad, probably felt closer to the original 502.
Guess I should probably try out more mice in the future but I’m old and don’t like change and I used the 502 mouse for 15 years (with buying a few times). Guess the downgrades slowly piled up and I just noticed finally or got a crappy one. It may have been cause it was wal mart at Xmas but I didn’t even open it for 6 months, I thought I was set. I would kill for a completely silent mouse with the same features.
*squeak out
The year is 1998. I am reading an article from the future. I have no mouth and I must scream.
