Razer

Raised as a usability problem by 22 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2011–2025), in 20 threads.

People raised many different problems with Razer, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 22 complaints

Remapping buttons requires running bloated software because no onboard profile storage2025-08-26
Dongle is hard to fit into phone and stopped working within two days2024-04-30
Keyboard lighting controls require cloud-connected software, making them hard to use2023-11-09
Scroll wheel does not work on Linux, scrolling feels messy2023-07-14
Touchpad stops working when finger moves fast, drag needs awkward two-finger workaround, false palm touches2023-06-09
Guest mode is available but annoying to use, with the button phrased confusingly2021-10-15
Driver installer keeps re-running every time the mouse is plugged in, even when refused2021-08-23
Known bug makes the keyboard unusable: pressing Ctrl+C randomly spams the C key2021-08-23
Vendor's mouse configuration app prioritized colours over usability, hard to use2021-07-19
Mouse movement is broken until the user installs and logs into the app2020-08-18
Changing a simple lighting effect required installing a companion app and firmware update2020-07-26
Screws strip when reattaching the bottom panel after a RAM upgrade2019-11-05
Touchpad is several years behind the MacBook Pro touchpad2019-01-04
Thumbs accidentally hit touchpad, moving the cursor to random spots; buttons too small to hit accurately2018-04-08
Touch screen controls make gaming on the phone hard to do2017-11-02
Macro keys require logging in before they can be used2016-10-31
Trackpad randomly sticks when clicked, causing false inputs and finicky behavior2016-02-17
Page takes 3+ seconds to show anything and scrolling feels slow2014-03-13
Default mouse tracking unusable; buttons misrecognised without the software configuration2013-04-21
Mouse configuration requires registering and logging in to a cloud account2013-04-20
Old drivers are hidden and require a multi-step hunt to find2012-11-09
Touchpad is slower for MMO play than keyboard hotkeys or clicking UI buttons2011-08-26