Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application you open

https://robertheaton.com/2020/02/05/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-name-of-every-application-you-open/

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shartworx@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not if you use them on Linux.

yonder@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y

The 2 wacom devices I own, one of those small, cheap, plastc tablets and a digitizer built into a laptop screen, both have worked flawlessly with Linux. I think they have kernel support, hence how they just work.

ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Good to know!

Wacom now joins my long list of abusive tech companies I will never patronize again.

stoy@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y

As long as you are making a list, consider adding Logitech to it.

They force the installation of Logitech Download Helper without prompting as soon as you connect the USB to the computer.

the_q@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

Wacom has been a pretty awful company for a long time so this isn't surprising.

Ilixtze@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Me 4 years later, relieved that i chose huion as a screen display, and tp think everyone was warning me of the "shady chinese drivers" back then

SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

I have a Lenovo ntrig 2/1 that's fine for this stuff. Fuck Wacom