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I love 8BitDo’s products, but I really have no idea what use case those giant buttons are attempting to cater to.
They aren’t good for gaming, and are way too limited when compared to multi-button Stream Decks.
I understand they are detachable, but they just look like e-waste to me.
Looks like a novelty gimmick e.g., have a scripted sequence for starting a build.
In the past I've seen people having these type of buttons on their desktop and are mostly motivated by a joke that worked for a couple of days.
I have a large button on my desk that sets all the lights to red and turns on some sexy music.
I have never used it.
That's a missed opportunity to set it for general quarters or some very sexy action stations.
They are hot keys one is for pornhub the other is for lemmy