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: 
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.
Now imagine having to do this under literal pressure while trying to configure the Logitech controller for your submarine.
Sometimes I think I might have spent too much for my FLOSS System76 Launch keyboard but seeing this kind of monopoly moat-building chicanery makes me feel better.
You can never spend too much money on mechanical keyboards :D
Fuck Adobe in particular. Greedy bastards.
Add that to the list of reasons I’ll never buy Logitech again.
That and crappy microswitches. For some reason all logi mice I had in my life always ended up with failed microswitches after months of usage.
And the support! Years ago they would just send you a replacement. Now the just send an"sucks to be you" answer.
I’m in the market for a new keyboard and mouse. Any brand recommendations? I’m looking for something normal… No mechanical clicking, no glowing lights, etc. Just a normal wireless keyboard and mouse.
I recently bought a cordless, very flat keyboard from Cherry - loving it.
IDK… the Unifying Receiver has always been a piece of shit
Yeah, why not just use Bluetooth, almost everything made in the last few years supports Bluetooth and it doesn’t need a shitty proprietary dongle.
Even the shity 1 cent aliexpress mouse does Bluetooth…
This still does not justify having to use a web app to plug peripherals to a PC.
Unify is so you can add several devices to a single USB dongle. The keyboard itself should work out of the box without using that website, that’s an extra feature
OK that makes more sense. But still. I’m sure it would have been possible to do that with only local resources. This is just a security nightmare waiting to happen, even if you don’t care about the privacy implications.
Oh for fucks sake. It’s getting to the point where this needs legislative intervention to put an end to this tomfuckery.
Every day, I’m inching closer and closer to pulling the trigger on moving to Linux once and for all.
Join us. Gooble Gobble we accept them!
I switched fairly recently and it’s definitely not perfect. Some stuff is better, some worse. The big thing for me is: Linux on desktop is getting better and better all the time. Windows on the other hand? Well, just ask any windows user. Most of them seem to want to just go back to XP.
If your website doesn’t work with non-chromium browsers your website doesn’t work.
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
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.
This happens on Windows, right? What would happen on Linux, would the keyboard still work as it gets connected?
Yes. They are using WebUSB. That’s only supported on chrome browsers for now. But it also works on Linux. The home automation community makes great use of that api.
