Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: vic-baythankfully steam controller 2 is around the corner, so i will be looking to that as my next controller.

wtf is firmware update in xbox controller? how and why it breaks any compatibility?

xbox controller should be a braindead simple device with design that has practically no changes for three decades, it is a dualshock 1 with dpad and left stick swapped. what firmware updates can it possible have?

i know what these updates do. they are made for the sole purpose of breaking compatibility with non-windows machines. although microsoft only shoot themselves in the foot with this decision.

at this point whatever they do just makes everyone hate them more.

I assure you that compatibility breaking frimware updates can have reasonable cause.
Things like EU cybersecurity laws, anti-cheat compatibility and cummulative memory corruption.
I do suspect you're right in this case though.

Under Linux, there is FWUPD in command line and Gnome-Firmware in graphical version which allow you to update your various firmwares, provided that the manufacturer of your hardware supports it. This is particularly the case for Dell, Leonovo, etc.

Unfortunately, Microsoft makes very little effort on its own initiative to offer drivers or frimwares compatible with its hardware for Linux. ANd this has absolutely nothing to do with European laws, anti-cheating systems or anything else. It's just that Microsoft is refusing to do it for now ;-(

About 25-30 years ago, Microsoft filed a criminal complaint against Linux, falsely claiming that Linux was copying Microsoft's source code! They lost the case... They just wanted to undermine Linux by any means possible, even immoral and dishonest ones.

Since then, the hatchet seems to have been buried. While more than 50% of the servers used by Microsoft run on Linux, they remain hostile to the widespread adoption of this OS by the general public.

Today Linux is clearly the best choice for users in terms of free access, respect for privacy, stability, performance and durability of hardware support.

This situation is solely due to Windows 11 and its undesirable features : UEFI required, TPM 2.0, Online accounts have become almost mandatory (forcing you to provide your administrator password to Microsoft and their associates), Advertisements for their own products, Data collection without user consent and now they want to force us to use their AI in Windows 11 even though all security experts say there is a serious security problem with this type of functionality... ;-(