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Spacehooks ,

I wouldn’t use a wireless controller playing subnautica. This is on the company for using sub par tech. Next time use first party wired!

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Question. Who are they actually suing? Didn’t the bozo die along with everyone else? So who would hold responsibility?

Ilovethebomb ,

The company itself (oceangate) still exists. The estate of Stockton Rush is also named in the suit.

dabaldeagul ,
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It appears they are suing OceanGate, the company that made the submarine. The use of cheap, consumer grade hardware for critical functions (literally controlling the sub) is one of their criticisms.

tal ,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

I don’t see why the controller is a problem.

If you go out and custom-make a controller, it’s not likely going to be more reliable than anything that Logitech makes.

bjorney ,

theverge.com/…/us-navy-military-xbox-360-controll…

US Army used to spend $38,000 per controller until they found out Xbox controllers were better

notthebees ,

iirc they mentioned the f710 constantly disconnected.

Passerby6497 ,

Yeah, but if you’re going to use a wireless controller, don’t fucking skimp and get some cheapo device, at least buy a goddamned 1st party controller. Not that MS/Sony don’t have lemons too, but Logitech controllers are like a half step from the crappy MadKatz controllers from my childhood.

This had to be a project costing somewhere in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, and they’re trying to save $30 on an aftermarket controller?!? That’s the literal embodiment of Penny Wise, pound foolish.

eskimofry ,

Logitech… the company whose 150 dollar mouse have double click issues months into the purchase?

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

🤦‍♂️

If anything that controller was the most solidly built thing on that entire sub.

mox ,

The complaint does not allege that the Logitech wireless controller, the carbon fiber construction, Titan’s innovative porthole, or the use of disparate materials with differing expansion/compression coefficients—four main areas of criticism—were individually responsible for the sub’s implosion. But it does suggest that these systems could have together contributed to a “daisy chain of failures of multiple improperly designed or constructed parts or systems.”

Etterra ,

This is such a frivolous lawsuit. Logitech is going to crush them if they even have to go to trial.

conciselyverbose ,

The article doesn’t say they’re suing Logitech.

It’s using the fact that it was a wireless controller used over Bluetooth as part of the evidence that they created a bunch of unnecessary points of failure.

SlopppyEngineer ,

It’s probably in the user guide or manual: “can only be used with video games”. It it’s used for anything else it’s not Logitech’s problem.

rickyrigatoni ,

“Yes, we built the sub wrong, but it’s still your fault for not anticipating someone to try to use these in a poorly built submarine.”

Ilovethebomb ,

Titan was an implosion, so the pressure hull failed at some point, we just don’t know what. While the Logitech controller is indicative of the decision making process, it’s one component we can comprehensively rule out as causing the failure.

AceBonobo ,

I think Logitech should take responsibility and give them a $30 voucher

breadsmasher ,
@breadsmasher@lemmy.world avatar

“best we can offer is a replacement. but you will need to return the original”

Etterra ,

I laughed way too hard at that. Bravo.

IsThisAnAI ,

What a stupid waste of time and resources.

FireWire400 ,
@FireWire400@lemmy.world avatar

This feels like when Paul Walker’s sister tried to sue Porsche for his death

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