Comment on Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t see why the controller is a problem.

  If you go out and custom-make a controller, it’s not likely going to be more reliable than anything that Logitech makes.

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  • bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    theverge.com/…/us-navy-military-xbox-360-controll…

    US Army used to spend $38,000 per controller until they found out Xbox controllers were better

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    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now if the controls break, “I can go to any video game store and procure an Xbox controller anywhere in the world, so it makes a very easy replacement,” Senior Chief Mark Eichenlaub told The Virginian-Pilot

      That sounds like a great way to get malware!

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      • JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you regularly get malware from xbox controllers?

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  • eskimofry@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Logitech… the company whose 150 dollar mouse have double click issues months into the purchase?

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, but if you’re going to use a wireless controller, don’t fucking skimp and get some cheapo device, at least buy a goddamned 1st party controller. Not that MS/Sony don’t have lemons too, but Logitech controllers are like a half step from the crappy MadKatz controllers from my childhood.

    This had to be a project costing somewhere in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, and they’re trying to save $30 on an aftermarket controller?!? That’s the literal embodiment of Penny Wise, pound foolish.

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    • bjorney@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s only assuming the sub was running windows, where Xbox controllers work out of the box. On Linux there are no first party drivers, and Bluetooth support on the 1/S controllers simply didn’t exist at the time this happened. If it was an embedded system there would be no support whatsoever.

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      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Huh what? Dual Shock 4 controllers are supported OOTB. With additional support via Userland software. XBox original controllers just work. Therws plenty of first party support.

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  • notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    iirc they mentioned the f710 constantly disconnected.

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sounds about right from my experience with the F710.

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  • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even if it is the best built controller ever. It was wireless and should not have been used. In terms of safety it’s not something you want to solely rely on. As the article says: “every sub in the world has hardwired controls for a reason”. Logitech is not blamed for anything. It’s about OceanGate using this controller among many other questionable choices.

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