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[–] xcxcb 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Their business model is to basically slap RBG on cheap junk and pay social media advertising companies to talk about how great it is on mainstream social media constantly.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That, and filing bullshit patents so other companies are forced to pay them just to put buttons on the backs of their controllers

[–] xcxcb 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yuck, didn't even know about that one. Got a link about it?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 3 points 2 years ago

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/01/scufs-lawsuit-against-valve-already-sounds-wild/

SCUF is owned by Corsair. Thankfully Valve managed to win an appeal so anyone can add back buttons to controllers they designed, but the fact this was a patent to begin with is stupid