Please set the expectation to the companies. This kind of behavior is an instant brand ban. It is possible that Money Talks and Microsoft allowed this behavior to occur with $$$s trading hands.Įither way, even with that kind of Microsoft security hole present, it does not mean that SteelSeries (or any other vendor) should be allowed to behave like this. Why Microsoft even allows software device drivers to inject this kind of garbage to their users is another topic and something that people should be _very_ vocal to complain to Microsoft as well. I do not accept your ads popping up on my computer OS desktop. We live in a world where advertisement networks rule the attention of users, and if given a free rein, they would put ads everywhere, like in this case forced on the users desktop. I have strongly been under the impression that computer mice are "dumb-tech": a generic Microsoft implemented USB serial communication driver handles the mouse. Me buying your mouse is not a display of such trust. We live in a world where every single source of software is a potential security issue, and should require an explicit opt-in of trust.
I do not accept the background network communication that you perform. I do not trust your code for the possible security issues that it poses.
It is _not_ _ok_ to force download and execute code from the network on any user's computer behind their backs, especially to implement these kind of marketing popups uninvited. In case someone at SteelSeries or some other company marketing department lives in a some kind of bubble word, It should be stated out aloud: I don't think I can overstate the violation here. SteelSeries GG forcing itself on users' computers Now today, I am greeted with this popup on my PC.
I have never installed any SteelSeries software on my PC. I bought a SteelSeries mouse some four-five few years ago, since, well, I needed a mouse and it happened to fit my hand well when trying it out in the store.
Apologies for the very heated title for this post, but it is mind boggling what goes on in someone's mind at SteelSeries to think this behavior would be acceptable.
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