u/woelkchen

Good idea, but not worth the risks

Reminder that much new code in all major operating systems is vibe coded these days. Linus Torvalds explicitly permitted LLM code in the kernel several months ago.

the owner couldn’t be assed to either write the code

If you're so happy making demand to others: Why can't you "be assed" make a better alternative?

If anything is super toxic attitude among open source consumers like you is demanding work of unpaid volunteers as if you were a paying customer.

I'm not defending LLM generated code but your attitude is the worst.

3rd party batteries exists for reasonable prices.

Hard to blame AI data enter demands for this...

They would definitely not agree to that

dbrand wouldn't ask them – as usual

Just make Frank face plates. Surely nothing will go wrong.


Why am I not surprised they didn’t get a license

Why am I not surprised they went ahead without even asking to get a license?

In other comments I've already pointed to 8bitdo https://www.8bitdo.com/

Their Ultimate 2 series of controllers have a stupid naming scheme so you have to be careful if you go with one of those. They have a Nintendo compatible variant called the Ultimate 2 **Bluetooth** controller but all the other ones also come with a USB dongle and a physical switch on the back to enable bluetooth mode (they refer it to Android compatibility then). Other than Nintendo compatibility it's basically the same as Ultimate 2 **Wireless**. The low end one is the Ultimate 2**c** and even that comes with hall effect sensors. The Nintendo compatible one also works with PCs but in Bluetooth mode its ID is Pro Controller and the A/B X/Y buttons are swapped Nintendo style (in Steam it's a option to reverse that). I have the Nintendo one because it's better than a Nintendo Pro Controller and a couple of my friends bought the 2c when it was on a ludicrous sale on AliExpress for 10 Euro.

The latest version is the Ultimate 3E which is officially licensed for Xbox. 130 Euro is a bit steep for me. The 8Bitdo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller costs half the price and the 2c is half of that for a relatively minor loss in features (no RGB LEDs, hall effect instead of TMR sticks, no charging cradle).

A friend of mine has KingKong 2 Pro Controller by Gulikit which is now a couple of years old. He's only a casual gamer but so far he's happy with it. I cannot speak for the quality of the latest Gulikit controller.

Plenty of 3rd party options with better tech and lower price are available than Xbox controllers.

Maybe they’re known in US, but I never seen them in EU.

Then you didn't look properly: https://geizhals.de/8bitdo-ultimate-2c-wireless-controller-pc-android-v177372.html Gulikit is another very famous 3rd party controller brand. I think both source their sensors from the same manufacturer. They often have quite similar controllers.

Reverse engineered xone driver for dongle fails every few kernel updates.

So the dongle is the problem, not the controller. Use a USB cable for best latency. Works fine. Literally every other controller doesn't have this problem, so specifically needing a Steam Controller because of Linux compatibility is nonsensical.

So if you want one with a dongle that works absolutely fine under Linux and costs only 29 Euro: