@Gina ah and I’m guessing those use a USB-A doohicky for the receiver as opposed to BT?

@ajmartinez exactly, a tiny USB A dongle.

@Gina the idea of getting a wee dongle to plug another wee dongle into makes me immediately picture snapping the damned thing off one day doing something important like reaching for another stroopwaffel while watching whichever show I’m binge-background noising while I spend too much time nerding.

@ajmartinez exactly, it's silly that it comes down to such a tiny thing, but that's whats holding me back atm. I hate using trackpads. Why don't laptops come with built-in bluetooth dongle adapters? Like, I can connect any modern device wirelessly to my laptop with built-in Bluetooth stuff, but somehow a mouse requires a psychical dongle to be plugged in?

I wonder how other people do this with USB C only laptops.

@Gina @ajmartinez Just get a USB-C hub with the connections you need. Most of the them are OS agnostic and you get not only USB-A but also HDMI, Ethernet and anything you may need.

@pamaca @ajmartinez yeah but then you have a dongle hanging on your laptop everytime you even want so much as use a mouse.

Edit: I think the assumption is that I work behind a desk like a normal person, but in reality I walk around with my laptop through my house all day.

@pamaca @Gina I just bought a laptop that had everything I need. Just say no to dongles.

@Gina @ajmartinez the mouse usually uses a weird custom 2.4GHz radio that isn't bluetooth. But: this one can do both!

@piggo @Gina @ajmartinez mx master?

@fluffy @Gina @ajmartinez yeah mx master 3. I'm very fond of it

@piggo @Gina @ajmartinez oh huh it's only a hundred bucks

@fluffy @Gina @ajmartinez it's expensive, but after going through cheap ones like socks, this could just as well be worth it. What always died first was the wheel, and this one uses a magnetic sensor for that instead of a crappy rotary encoder. Plus the flick scroll... it's so good

@piggo @Gina @ajmartinez i don't think 100 usd is expensive for a top end mouse. aren't the ordinary ones around a third of that? I was expecting 200+

@fluffy @Gina @ajmartinez you can get a mouse for $10, but you're getting what you paid for...

@piggo @Gina @ajmartinez i think it's a great price if it's indeed high end hardware

honestly the 100 usd pricetag makes me think it's going to break

@fluffy @Gina @ajmartinez it's the most expensive mouse I ever owned

@piggo @Gina @ajmartinez i've never owned a mouse at that price

but i have a $350 keyboard...

@Gina I had a BT mouse I liked a lot once upon a time. No extra dongles needed. I’ve stuck with my 2016 laptop as long as I have because it still has all the things I need. The next machine does too, and I hope that company lasts a long time and keeps offering devices I can use the way I want. I’m willing to pay!