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>> What the fuck is with this trend? The aesthetic is absolutely gorgeous to a vast majority of people, myself included. Especially the average person is goin
by lostgame 6y ago
>> What the fuck is with this trend?
The aesthetic is absolutely gorgeous to a vast majority of people, myself included.
Especially the average person is going to look at the one with lights and the one without and assume the one with lights is automatically ‘better’.
It helps sales, it helps jack up prices.
You can see it in the dark clearly.
It looks more interesting on a live stream, something very important these days.
They’re programmable, and can be a fun way to express your personality.
These are just a few reasons this is a trend. :)
- flohofwoe 6y agoThey are also about as useful and "aesthetically pleasing" as the go-faster stripes on a 70's Ford Escort ;) At least on peripherals the bloody lights can usually be turned off in a bloated settings tool which always has an outrageous UI that screams "extreme gamer" too.
- bluefirebrand 6y ago> The aesthetic is absolutely gorgeous to a vast majority of people This sounds like perception bias to me. "The vast majority" of people are likely indifferent. The amount that love it and the amount that hate it are probably about the same sizes. Manufacturers just realized they can just target the part of the market that loves colorful stuff, charge more for it, and all groups, the lovers the haters and in between will buy it because it's the really the only stuff available. Which is the entire frustration the original post was complaining about: It's actually quite hard to find parts and cases (and even peripherals! It seems like most mechanical keyboards are light-up RGB keys nowadays) That don't have LEDs all over them.