Logitech users on macOS found themselves locked out of their mouse customizations yesterday after the company let a security certificate expire, breaking both its Logi Options+ and G HUB configuration apps. Logitech devices like its MX Master series mice and MX Keys keyboards stopped working properly as a result of the oversight, with users unable to access their custom scrolling setup, button mappings, and gestures.
Logitech did not drop the ball. It is insane that a company needs to keep paying Apple or their customer’s hardware stops working.
Max headroom 20 minutes into the future: Your Tesla won’t start because the tire manufacturer didn’t pay Tesla the yearly certificate renewal.
That said I didn’t buy Logitech for my new PC because of their bloat.
What’s even more insane? Apple has their OWN products that are no longer usable without hackery because their certificates have expired.
Then again, the alternative to all this is the Windows world where old drivers are now the method used to shovel malicious software onto the system, so there’s really no winning proposition.
Let me direct you this way… !linux@lemmy.world
you’re absolutely begging to be told about the world of penguins
Logitech actually did drop the ball.
Already installed software keeps running when the cert expires unless the cert is revoked. Apple didn’t revoke the cert. Logitech did something wonky.
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/1/2.html
Actually, your car loses homologation and is not allowed to drive on public roads if your manufacturer decides to update the software without approval from the authorities in some countries (like Germany and other European countries)