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Even if some courageous developer there fixes the bugs and updates the firmware; how many end-users would actually receive the update and actually apply the update? That's the problem Linux's LVFS[1] solves but it's unfortunate that not all manufacturers support it.

I got update for my half a decade old Logitech's 2.4 GHz receiver (nRF24L) for wireless keyboard as soon as I plugged it on Linux, I've used the same keyboard on Mac and the official Logitech software doesn't even detect the device properly let alone update the receiver's firmware(no issues using the device though).

[1] https://fwupd.org/



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