> if you can't make your product work with no fuss, your customers will buy someone else's
If Razor can't make their gamer mouse autoinstall drivers, then neither can Logitech. This would be an equal playing field.
> (or flee to another platform entirely).
If somebody can't type in their own password when prompted to install a driver, it probably isn't their computer in the first place. The computer almost certainly belongs to their school or employer, or at least another family member, and I think any of those would rarely be receptive to "Please replace your dell with a macbook because the turbo button on my gamer mouse doesn't work."
Furthermore, the gamer mouse will have basic functionality without the razor driver anyway, and from my experience I doubt most clueless computer users would notice the difference. If they can "click the internet button and the google shows up", then the mouse is working as far as most users of this sort are concerned.
On Windows you don't even need to type in the password to install something. UAC just gives you a yes/no dialog. Most home users have the permissions for that.
Only if your user doesn't have admin permissions you need to type in a password to run something elevated.
If Razor can't make their gamer mouse autoinstall drivers, then neither can Logitech. This would be an equal playing field.
> (or flee to another platform entirely).
If somebody can't type in their own password when prompted to install a driver, it probably isn't their computer in the first place. The computer almost certainly belongs to their school or employer, or at least another family member, and I think any of those would rarely be receptive to "Please replace your dell with a macbook because the turbo button on my gamer mouse doesn't work."
Furthermore, the gamer mouse will have basic functionality without the razor driver anyway, and from my experience I doubt most clueless computer users would notice the difference. If they can "click the internet button and the google shows up", then the mouse is working as far as most users of this sort are concerned.