"To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the cult of Razer,"
or the mark of someone with a 3D printer and 9 cents of plastic.

"To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the cult of Razer,"
or the mark of someone with a 3D printer and 9 cents of plastic.

Razer, you could've just released the keycap and been like "Hey look, fancy handmade snake keycap :)"
there was no need to release a PR statement where you verbally suck yourself off. Calling your brand a "cult" is not the good look you think it is.
Worst quality headsets ever with massive bloatware for a software package to install drivers and RGB controls. They used to have decent gaming mice, but now so many other companies make equal or better there’s no reason at all to buy a Razer.
How's Linux support? As far as I know, most other companies don't get the save level of support that Logitech and Razer do.
Maybe that'll change when Keychron finish their zgm firmware project and some mice with it hit the market.
There's unofficial FOSS reimplementations. Use the openrazer kernel module and polychromatic as tbe configuration gui.
Most hardware I've checked out from this company was actually a piece by piece replica of something a competitor was selling with less flashy nonsense and much less bloatware (or none). So pardon me if I've always thought of Razer as a counterfeiting company with a huge branding and marketing budget.
The Death Adder was objectively a damn fine mouse. So why do I not recommend it? Because of the software that requires an online account to change settings.
Also, if I wanted "artisanal keycaps" I'd go on etsy and buy from actual artists.
There's a FOSS reimplementation of the Razer configuration software on Linux. Openrazer is the driver package and polychromatic is the GUI to configure it
It is odd when companies behave like monopolies when they aren't. Cisco is another one but they just have those weird niche audiences that buy into it
That quote turns a neat little thing into a joke.
The price makes it an insult
I've seen some crazily priced keycaps for what was basically someone dropping some 3d prints into epoxy. There's a market for it.
We already reached perfection.
Perfection? I want the real perfection.

Right? I’m a fan of Razer products, I’ve been using them for almost 20years, but I’d never pay that for a silly keyboard cap lol
I have two questions:
Dont worry. It's Razer, so you'll only have to deal with it for 3 months until it breaks.
'a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer'
For anyone interested in this, they sell red flags at Home Depot for a lot cheaper.
When I think of razer what comes to mind is overpriced peripherals that break and have annoying software to set them up.
I prefer qmk supported keyboards so I can use via or vial to setup my keyboard.
The first thing I think of, and the only tangental history I have with the brand was Nerdcubed's main computer dying, opening a brand new backup Razer laptop he'd bought for such an occasion, taking it out of the box for the first time that day, and running into a "Your computer's fucked, mate" screen after hitting the power button
"Artisan"
No I do not want to spend that much money to display allegiance to this shit company.
All Razer does is make overpriced trash so this fits right in with the rest of the lineup.
I have owned several razer products, mostly mice and they have all been utter overpriced hype garbage.
Only thing good was that they had a good selection of large ambidextrous mice. No idea if that is still the case
There is really only one product from razer that I would recommend. And that's the Kitsune.
It is their high end leverless fight stick. But even that is a tough recommendation, as you can get cheaper, 99% as good options for half the price. Or something equally expensive from vitrix or or companies.
mine has the scroll wheel just jumping all over the place whenever I try to scroll. Only two months old
Why would you want to declare your allegiance to some of the most shitty and overpriced gaming hardware on the market?
Outside of razer making garbage quality accessories: who the fuck would put that on F12?
When does anyone even press F12? Obviously this thing should go on the escape key.
You helped me figure it out, if you actually press it it will just break in 6 months so this makes it seem higher quality as you constantly cycle it between keyboards
Imagine not using caps lock as escape, this is obviously meant for the '_' snake key.
90 usd? For a keycap?
Grift. Con. Bullshit. Shenanigans.
That's a pile of green poo?
90 dollars worth of a plastic pile of green poo.
You know, for that reassuring sense of cultish belonging to a corporation.
Looks mid tbh.
If I could make these, I'd try to make the snake eyes glow via backlight.
I like artisan keycaps and the creativity behind them, but this is lazy work. Some are truly amazing works of art - not this.
I will never understand keyboard hobbyists and the obsession over keycaps.
All you need is a good keyboard that does its job well, and is repairable.
"The keycap is also "the next step towards the ultimate expression of keyboard customisation," and "a statement of identity,""
I read this in Jonny Ive's voice.
Bitch, you are so far back in the "ultimate expression of keyboard customization" that it's hilarious. This isn't Leif Erikson stepping ashore in Newfoundland and reporting that he's discovered a new world. It's a tourist landing at Toronto Pearson airport and trying to pass himself off as having discovered America.
I use a keyboard where I designed the PCB and case myself, soldered it myself, wrote the bloody firmware, and laser-etched a bunch of custom keycaps to go with my particular bindings. That's custom. And there are people who go beyond that into premium handcrafting and metalworking rather than cheap Chinese resin printing.
The "artisan keycap" industry consists of small makers doing short run novelty FOMO stuff at 50 bucks or so a throw, or you can buy something fun on AliExpress for a fiver. Is there a space for 90 dollar corporate caps?
"Only real gamers have this keycap"
Last mechanical razer keyboard I bought didn't even save the color configuration after a reboot/shutdown. Like you HAD to use openrgb or the like. I very much regret that purchase.
I could 3D print a coiled pile of feces snakes for only about 5 cents worth of PLA. It would even change color as the temperature changed.
That is awesome. Do they sell on Temu?
I'd never buy one, but I see this as harmless as someone getting rims for their car.
Marketing: "oooooh smoke and mirrors! Cloak and dagger! More smoke, very mysterious you'll feel muhahahaaaa!" throwing things into a boiling kettle
Target audience: "mfr the planet is on fire and big brother is watching, wtf are you talking about?"
Marketing being stupid again. But it's just an artisan keycap, they usually do cozt around this price, I find them neat 😅
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