'To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer' says the PR nonsense behind this $90 coil of snakes
I dunno, I kinda like the audacity of it not fitting anything else on my desk. If it were $10 and still as well shaded it could be my print screen key or something
Because the quality you get with 3D printers is still far below what is produced with injection molding or pressure cast resin, really. 3D printing is great, but there's still huge advances to be made in both FDM and the various SLA-like systems. Oh that and razer fanboys are all fundementally broken.
It costs $90 to recoup the R&D expenses incurred from developing a way to make a plastic keycap with no moving parts or electronic components mysteriously stop working three months after purchase, so we can deny your warranty claim on it. That was a very difficult feature to add, we'll have you know.
Guys, peeps, dudes...there's a lot of negative speak in these comments. It's like you don't want to wildly overpay for a bit of plastic that cost almost nothing to design and make? It's even like you don't want to be in a cult!!
Come on, join the cult. Buy the overpriced piece of shit and only then you'll be able to look down on the paupers!!
Repeat after me:
Buy the tat, join the cult.
Buy the tat, join the cult.
Buy the tat, join the cult!!!
Nanananana Razer NANANANANA RAZER!!
When I was young a stupid, I bought razer stuff and most of it has broke by now. Within 2-3 years the battery bloated and it was a known common issue in the community. I replaced the battery and the new one also bloated. For the mouse, the outer construction was trash so the grips and paint peeled off, the keyboard just refused to work reliably iirc.
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JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 11h
But why? It looks ugly af.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 11h
also uncomfortable as fuck.
I'm just surprised they didn't slap some LEDs in the eyes...
ghen@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 4h
I dunno, I kinda like the audacity of it not fitting anything else on my desk. If it were $10 and still as well shaded it could be my print screen key or something
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 15 pts · 11h
Even games workshop would be impressed at that level of overpriced plastic
Zephorah@discuss.online · 13 pts · 11h
With 3D printers in play, how is stuff like this still a thing?
makeshift0546@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 10h
Because the quality is garbage unless you're fucking with resin.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10h
Because the quality you get with 3D printers is still far below what is produced with injection molding or pressure cast resin, really. 3D printing is great, but there's still huge advances to be made in both FDM and the various SLA-like systems. Oh that and razer fanboys are all fundementally broken.
Bohne93@feddit.org · 4 pts · 10h
Because we just aren't a serious species
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 7h
Can you get the kind of detail shown in the pic? At that granularity? How much post print sanding is needed?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 6h
It costs $90 to recoup the R&D expenses incurred from developing a way to make a plastic keycap with no moving parts or electronic components mysteriously stop working three months after purchase, so we can deny your warranty claim on it. That was a very difficult feature to add, we'll have you know.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 9h
PR nonsense? It sounds like complete honesty to me. It's difficult to imagine a way to pay $90 for a single keycap without allegiance to a cult.
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 10h
Guys, peeps, dudes...there's a lot of negative speak in these comments. It's like you don't want to wildly overpay for a bit of plastic that cost almost nothing to design and make? It's even like you don't want to be in a cult!!
Come on, join the cult. Buy the overpriced piece of shit and only then you'll be able to look down on the paupers!!
Repeat after me:
Buy the tat, join the cult.
Buy the tat, join the cult.
Buy the tat, join the cult!!!
Nanananana Razer
NANANANANA RAZER!!
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 3 pts · 8h
It says they're hand-painted. So it probably cost 10 bucks to make, actually.
tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 4h
“The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment…” vibes.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 6h
When I was young a stupid, I bought razer stuff and most of it has broke by now. Within 2-3 years the battery bloated and it was a known common issue in the community. I replaced the battery and the new one also bloated. For the mouse, the outer construction was trash so the grips and paint peeled off, the keyboard just refused to work reliably iirc.
Terrible terrible company
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 9h
Brand allegiance might be stupid on its face, but dig a little deeper, and brand allegiance to Razer specifically is even dumber.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 8h
It should launch the Python IDE whenever pressed. Similar keycap for Rust developers comes with a tetanus vaccine at a whooping $299 a piece.
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 7h
Artisan key caps can be cool, fuck Razer and their shitty overpriced peripherals though.
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 7h
I'm amazed Razer is still around.
Wooki@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 7h
Surprised it doesn't come with mandatory spyware before it works
Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3h
Presumably, you're putting this on a Razer keyboard and you already have the spyware running.
Or you're putting it on a non-Razer keyboard, then... why??
Althoug I could imagine a scenario of a cultist running Linux, which Razer obviously doesn't support.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 8h
JFC that site is cancer.
makeshift0546@lemmy.today · -1 pts · 10h
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10h
Stfu nerd
makeshift0546@lemmy.today · -3 pts · 9h
DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 4h
removed by god herself