Razer’s account management interface includes a “Human Verification” feature that encourages users to verify their identity through World ID, an identity system operated by Tools for Humanity. The feature is presented as a way to obtain a “human badge” and receive promotional incentives, including Razer Silver rewards, during normal account usage.

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    3 hours ago

    Razer products are low-quality junk anyway. Everything I’ve ever owned from them has lasted a year or less before falling apart or breaking to the point of being unusable, just from regular day to day use.

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    20 hours ago

    BTW, Tools for Humanity is another Sam Altman startup, that also has World Coin crypto currency and wants to scan human irises for human verification. Razer was one of the first endorsers. The whole thing walks like a rugpull scam and quacks like a rugpull scam.

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    19 hours ago

    These silicon valley parasites would love to get our biometric information under any guise, to keep. Any promise of them not keeping/using it, is worth nothing, no one is going to stop them. The government will just make them share it if they get caught, maybe cut them in on revenue.

    To protect the kids they are locking down the internet worldwide right now, and we are letting them do it, despite these people being the epstein list or their enablers, coverers, and the last ones with any credibility to protect kids. It’s about feeding all of our info into new ai systems, threat detection, social scores, in secret, to determine everything about us in a way we can’t know or challenge.

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    I don‘t own Razer products but I knew it was over for them when they revealed the tabletop waifu echo dot knockoff. They‘re too far gone.

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    Anyone else had a knee jerk reaction to dump their Razer product in the trash before even clicking on the article?

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      1 day ago

      yes. luckily my viper ultimate is very old and starting to act weird.

      any recommendations for alternatives? I need the mouse to be plug-in and wireless, so I can move between my office and field setup.

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        1 day ago

        I think the Logitech super light might be a good option. Should have wireless and plug in for wired and charging

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            17 hours ago

            I’m not a fan of the bullshit they try to push every now and then, but the reality is that, at least for my use, all Linux based, for work and entertainment, Logitech has the best mouse out there (at least that I’m aware of) with the MX Master 3 (haven’t tried the 4). The way I can scroll down large pages and spreadsheets and the side-scrolling wheel alone make it worth dropping my values and giving them money.

            Now, if anyone has an alternative that meets the specs of that mouse from a brand with better values than Logitech (which should be pretty much any brand, lol), I would really like to know about it. I’d rather support a more customer-centric company, but not at the expense of having a worse experience.

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              MX Master 3 is the GOAT for productivity. Been testing it for 2 weeks now.

              The 125Hz polling rate is a drag for fast gaming though (read up beforehand).

              Get the Master 3S for silent mouse-clicks.

              The Master 4 is reported to be a downgrade too.