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		Aardwolf on Aug 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling p... I don't understand that. You buy a keyboard for the hardware, no? It's the switches and individual diodes and good materials that make it expensive. What makes it more profitable selling a keyboard with proprietary drivers, than one that their users can hack at will? Especially given the target audience of this one. edit: I don't even know why a keyboard would need drivers :p but if it's for fancy colored LEDs or so, yes please make that open and hackable! edit2: oh. cloud connected keyboard. ok.

squarefoot on Aug 8, 2018 [–]

"edit2: oh. cloud connected keyboard. ok."

Ouch... A keyboard with closed source and cloud connected drivers isn't exactly something I'd want to write my passwords with, or am I missing something?

thomasfedb on Aug 8, 2018 | [–]

Not missing anything, sounds spooky.

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