User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
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Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#2It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#3Apparently, posting this link gets you banned: https://github.com/diefarbe
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#4If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso.
Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#5It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
I'm not sure that was the intention.
There is another trend where you would name it "Le Keyboard"
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#6Apparently, posting this link gets you banned: https://github.com/diefarbe
Ironically named. DieFarbe = "The Paint"
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#7It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Sorry to break this to you but outside the US "made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#8It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Sorry to break this to you but outside the US "made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality.
Not always true. Some tools 'made in the US' are really great, high-quality.
Then again, Sainsmart made a soldering iron recently that was very good quality - so I guess China will soon become a purveyor of quality objects. It already is, in some sense - it's just a matter of separating them from the trash.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#9Sounds like they're in the Modder's market:
> The Das Keyboard 5Q is a cloud connected keyboard allowing users to display color notifications on each key. Notifications can come from applications such as Twitter, Gmail, eBay, Facebook and many others. Hundreds of applications can be configured via IFTTT and Zapier, transforming the 5Q keyboard into a RGB dashboard. An open REST API is also available for programmers.
As with other fashion, don't expect decisions that can be explained rationally from without.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#10It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Maybe because of die German Cherry MX switches... oh the 5Q doesn't even use those.
They should have called it 'Die Tastatur', sounds very rammsteiny.