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Nvidia can't even figure out how to build an application that remembers my login details, every time I open it up I have to login again.

Havoc 6y ago
Yup. And if you have a pihole running the login fails silently. Took me forever to figure out that an ad blocker breaks their driver stuff login...which is all sorta of wtf in itself
- TheCraiggers 6y ago
  Sadly, this is becoming the new norm. In another decade, that won't even be "wtf" any more. There's just not enough pressure on these giant corporations to change. And with the next generation being indoctrinated to a constant stream of ads, live services, and generally trading privacy for features, I doubt they will care either. Ugh. I think my bad week is spilling into my comments.
slantyyz 6y ago
The bigger question though is why do you need to login in the first place? For the longest time the GeForce Experience application didn't need a login. A lot of users (like me) have that application just to do the automatic driver updates. Why do I need to login to do that?
- ahelwer 6y ago
  It's to reduce signup friction for their geforce now cloud gaming service. Also probably to target you with ads when they release a card that would be a nice upgrade for your current one. Very annoying, yes.
  - slantyyz 6y ago
    I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when that decision was made. "Let's add friction to all of our users so that the small percentage of those users who do want to sign up to our cloud gaming service won't have any friction." "Brilliant! Make it happen."
    - ahelwer 6y ago
      Yeah. You can always manually check & download the drivers from NVIDIA's website, like people used to do until geforce experience was released. Then there were a few blissful years where it was just a simple auto-updater for your GPU drivers. Then NVIDIA wanted to expand. I guess they view it as a transaction: in return for your login, you get driver auto-updates. Don't like it? Get used to checking the website. I'm thinking I'll go AMD for my next rig. Their linux support is apparently much better.
      - bavell 6y ago
        I'm on the same page as you, just waiting for RDNA2 and Zen3 to drop so I can be free from the garbage nvidia software. I know AMD has had driver issues but at this point idc, I've come to associate nvidia with spyware between this and their awful VM detection practices.
- nightski 6y ago
  There are nefarious reasons. But drivers like Razer/Nvidia also sync your individual game/device settings to the cloud so that if you have multiple computers or reinstall the OS you don't have to set everything up again. It should definitely be optional though.
  - blibble 6y ago
    the main reason I reinstall my PC is to remove that accumulated crud
  - bavell 6y ago
    Solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Just a plausible cover for the actual nefarious reasons.
    - nightski 6y ago
      I know I am weird, but I have a Razer Naga with several game profiles and find it really nice when it synchronizes the settings. I use the same mouse on my laptop and can pick up right where I left off.

Havoc 6y ago

Yup. And if you have a pihole running the login fails silently. Took me forever to figure out that an ad blocker breaks their driver stuff login...which is all sorta of wtf in itself

TheCraiggers 6y ago
Sadly, this is becoming the new norm. In another decade, that won't even be "wtf" any more. There's just not enough pressure on these giant corporations to change. And with the next generation being indoctrinated to a constant stream of ads, live services, and generally trading privacy for features, I doubt they will care either. Ugh. I think my bad week is spilling into my comments.

slantyyz 6y ago

The bigger question though is why do you need to login in the first place? For the longest time the GeForce Experience application didn't need a login. A lot of users (like me) have that application just to do the automatic driver updates. Why do I need to login to do that?

ahelwer 6y ago
It's to reduce signup friction for their geforce now cloud gaming service. Also probably to target you with ads when they release a card that would be a nice upgrade for your current one. Very annoying, yes.
- slantyyz 6y ago
  I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when that decision was made. "Let's add friction to all of our users so that the small percentage of those users who do want to sign up to our cloud gaming service won't have any friction." "Brilliant! Make it happen."
  - ahelwer 6y ago
    Yeah. You can always manually check & download the drivers from NVIDIA's website, like people used to do until geforce experience was released. Then there were a few blissful years where it was just a simple auto-updater for your GPU drivers. Then NVIDIA wanted to expand. I guess they view it as a transaction: in return for your login, you get driver auto-updates. Don't like it? Get used to checking the website. I'm thinking I'll go AMD for my next rig. Their linux support is apparently much better.
    - bavell 6y ago
      I'm on the same page as you, just waiting for RDNA2 and Zen3 to drop so I can be free from the garbage nvidia software. I know AMD has had driver issues but at this point idc, I've come to associate nvidia with spyware between this and their awful VM detection practices.
nightski 6y ago
There are nefarious reasons. But drivers like Razer/Nvidia also sync your individual game/device settings to the cloud so that if you have multiple computers or reinstall the OS you don't have to set everything up again. It should definitely be optional though.
- blibble 6y ago
  the main reason I reinstall my PC is to remove that accumulated crud
- bavell 6y ago
  Solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Just a plausible cover for the actual nefarious reasons.
  - nightski 6y ago
    I know I am weird, but I have a Razer Naga with several game profiles and find it really nice when it synchronizes the settings. I use the same mouse on my laptop and can pick up right where I left off.