We sort of do, but it's so complex that you gotta download a hugely complex 3GB app that only works on Windows, and even then it only works 30% of the time. Keep pushing that envelope, Razer! ✌️
B b b buttt, you can save your profile settings in the cloud! And when you want to use your keyboard on different computer you can directly sync your settings. Kappa
@@mustafavurkac1650 I got a razer mouse that I configured with synapse and now I don't install it anymore because the settings are saved in the mouse. It still prompts me to install it every time I plug it into a USB port though (at least not every time I turn on the pc). I don't remember if I had to log in
I half expected Jon to just cut the traces powering the leds on the pcb to avoid all this shitty software but I'm also quite happy with how this ended as well
I recently bought (shitty) Logitech G200 (or G203 or something like that) mouse to replace my old Logitech mice - g400. Now mouse works normally with just a plugin, but it has this TERRIBLE rainbow colored LED lights that are permanently ON. So I tried to find solution to turn them off, and it turns out you need to download Logitech 200mb malware, that probably works in background all the time. So I just opened mouse with screwdriver so I can pull out out LEDs. But they are soldered. Then I tried to cut them with cutting pliers. But I couldn't reach adequately to get a good cut on them. So in the end I pulled out Makita Grinder (it doesn't need any drivers to work) I destroyed the LEDs, as in they were grinded to dust, without damaging plastic mouse chassis, cables or board. I plugged in the mouse and it works fine, now without shitty LED lights (mouse is still garbage BTW). Later I found out that you can download Logitech driver, turn off the lights and then uninstall the driver and LED lights would stay off. But I still would choose the grinder option, just out of principle and satisfaction. In my mind, even going to workshop is and shuffling through tools is less of bullshit then downloading drivers. F U C K E M U C K E M
Use Logitech's Onboard Memory Manager (name of the program from Logitech). ~10MB and it does all of that (LED, button reassignment, onboard profiles) without needing a login and without needing a program running in the background. The mouse already has its own flash memory onboard. OMM was a major factor in why I chose a Logitech to replace my Corsair M65 mouse after the M65 broke.
for anyone reading this in the future, the way i personally dealt with it when i had a g203 was by installing the crapware on some computer i was going to format anyways, change the light settings and every single piece of shit default setting to something that made sense, and then moved on with my life, because thankfully, the fucking mouse saves those settings internally so it doesn't need to access the cloud or any other stupid bullshit to be able to work once you configure it. just don't plug it into any computer that has logitech's crapware because it will erase ALL settings as soon as it detects it for some fucking reason, my best guess being that if it detects that the settings were written by an older version of the program, then it has some kind of sense of duty of needing to fucking you up to the best of its ability to assert dominance or something.
Let me tell you about Razer products. Way, waaaay back in 2004 I bought a 1st gen Razer Diamondback and that's what happened: The logo started rubbing off after a month, the LMB started double-clicking on its own right outside the warranty period and at the same time the silicon / rubber edges started fraying. But the best part was: You couldn't properly remap Mouse 4, Mouse 5, Mouse 6 and Mouse 7. Mouse 4 and mouse 5, usually on the same side under the thumb, were on opposite sides of the mouse (thumb and pinky) due to the ambidextrous nature, I suppose - and I use the buttons frequently while browsing (for Back and Forward). I messaged Razer support and they replied that being unable to remap the buttons was a hardware-design problem that couldn't be fixed in their Assblaster 9000 customization software and that was it... Until I installed Microsoft's Intellimouse drivers and they detected the Diamondback as some Intellimouse thing perfectly and let me remap Mouse 4 to back and Mouse 6 to forward without any hassle! I never bought another Razer product again...
@@0ia Isn't that basically 99% of computer peripherals on the market? I feel like sometimes when you just stop caring and buy some $8 cheap crap mouse/keyboard and it decides that it will outlive everything else you own just out of sheer spite because you thought you would just use it for a bit and then replace it.
Its the reason I love Ducky keyboards. They look nice, build like tanks, no disco lights nor sheit software. Expensive sure, but after 2 years I can barely tell the keycaps have been in use.
Why I bought a Filco Majestouch ^. Plain black. No fancy macro keys. No fancy lights. No bullshit software to install. Weighs 5 pounds with sturdy rubber feet. Nice switches.
@@FranciscoGarcia-jp1hp its like saying a 50000$ kata handcrafted by a master craftsman is the same as a 500$ walmart one. it's simply not true, ur chinese keyboard is a million times worse quality. now, filco is not amazing either but for a retail keyboard that u dont have to fiddle around to make it work, its amazing
This keyboards software installation, is like half the size of the entire hard drive on the first computer I used at my friends house when I was a kid.
I'm so happy I have the old Razer Abyssus and I bought a second one a while back. Not going to buy any new Razer mice or I will have to install software just to it.. I actually has additional driver software to adjust the mouse settings, but none of that razer synapse make an account to use a mouse crap.
Trend Micro antivirus is so boldly obscene that it hogs 33% of my surface's CPU even when the task manager is visible. But I'm sure I've seen some programs cause the fans to churn and suspiciously go quiet the moment the table is open. Also my keyboard; Logitech wireless old-fashioned battery-operated keyboard and mouse with USB dongle. $45 seven years ago. Still goes fine. The only thing Razer I have is a solid mousepad, which I must've acquired before they made every rock and stick internet-enabled.
my same experience with razor keyboard. i seem to have better luck with cheaper keyboards on amazon. for some reason other manufacturers were able to put al the lighting software into the keyboard itself and at a cheaper price. NICE. this is ideal.
Funny enough FN+F11 works but its like the volume bar, you have to press like 7 times and it gets dimmer and dimmer until its off completely. I also have a razer keyboard
Maybe it does, but as you can see, the crap that you need to install on your system along with the keyboard itself makes for quite the "experience", even if you do not want one.
@@crystyxn why you have to install something for that simple action? Just as a reminder, Razer Cortex is such a crapware that Razer itself stopped to push it cause a lot of ppl were outraged by the amount of computer resources this electron-based shit eats. 0, I mean really absolute ZERO hardware vendors can do software, so I completely understand people who don't want to install that garbage on their computers. And still yes, I'm on Razer side too because I believe that they changed their focus lately. But any reasonable person have to admin that Cortex and "Login to use" is unforgiveable. Not Synapse itself is bad, but the fact you have to create an account to change your keyboard backlight is terrible. It shold be forbidden legally, really.
My lord, I still remember how I wrote my own mimimal usb communicator to control lighting on macos in C, because I couldn't even install the bloatware. You could, but still weren't allowed to change them. It's like razer doesn't need happy customers, so I guess just never buy from them again, :).
Chyrosran22 hates Cherry MX Blue switches right? It's interesting that Jon prefers them and has really high standards in general. Is Jon wrong or is Chyrosan wrong or is it just taste?
So I've been using razer for like a decade. I just wanted a keyboard and mouse with decent enough macros. They USED to do that. Then they had all these color options and I selected a profile I liked. Then the various games forced my keyboard lighting to change and I hated that. Now razer's macros... as of like 3 years ago... don't work properly and I need to restart to get them functioning again... like twice a day or more, which then causes me to deal with Windows BS a lot more often, love them daily updates. I generally tell everyone to boycott Razer until they actually have their programs functioning. I honestly hope the company burns now.
i bought a razor headset, and installed and created an account and everything. i had to delete razor "engine" software, because it was clugging my windows startup, it designed so bad as a service, it holds every other services until it pulls some data from internet.. headsets, mouse and keyboards used to be plug and play devices
I bought a razer keyboard too and I never would have installed that synapse garbage if the lights weren't annoying by default. Makes me wonder if JB is attributing to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
I used to love my Razor mouse. Then they added the forced login thing. I now use a steelseries which is better but still not perfect. Why do these companies think they should invade my world? I just want to move a cursor around at a set speed.
The sad part is that everyone does this nowadays, even Nivida, Why do you have to sign into their shitty shit Nvidia experience just to tweak game settings and auto-update to the latest driver?!?!?! With that being said, uninstalled it a year ago and doing manual updates ever since.
Yeap, the hardware and software are being hyped driven development by ‘wanna work in IT for six figures salary, talk shit on the conferences, sell my face’ people. And for now I could’t use even news site without logging via facebook, google, o whatever crap they picked to log in.
@@tiranito2834 i guess he prefers the extra space i just got a 60 percent keyboard (no numpad, no arrow key and above section, and no F1-F12 keys), and i'm loving its compactness
There're two types of advanced computer users. Those who (rightfully) complain about all the insane stuff that's going on in their computer, that they have little to no control over... and those who use Linux
@@shallex5744 I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Hilarious! He's so agitated, he's not thinking straight and attributes high CPU usage to Razer software instead of his game or OBS Studio (video streaming app) running in the background. He's right about Razer software though. It's far from perfect. I love Razer mice, using one right now, but have zero software installed on my mac, it was lackluster before, but now with Apple Silicon laptops, Razer doesn't even provide a compatible version anymore.
