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This isn't a Bluetooth adapter.
That's how little you know about the subject you're trying to rant about.
What in the fuck are you even talking about?
PS5 is bluetooth, standard bluetooth, and wired uses both standard HID and standard usb audio, my point is: Why isn't MSFT?
Also, since you clearly don't know the first fucking thing you're talking about:
Look at how stupid broken this is! You need drivers to use it over standard USB!
Everything about this design is broken, it should be kicked out of the kernel and MSFT should release firmware that actually implements HID like normal, non-stupid people.
8bitdo has exactly this, same dongle system and pairing and again, it works perfectly without any drivers at all, because they're not morons.
We are talking about a driver for the Xbox One wireless adapter.
Microsoft never submitted a kernel driver for this, it's a third party module. It's not Bluetooth - it's WiFi, using a proprietary blob for authentication.
Not a single one of your claims in this entire thread have been correct.
You've literally missed my whole point.
Playstation link is this exact same thing, and btw, both controllers are dual-mode bluetooth and "high-speed wireless interface", which is basically wifi or wifi-direct or some proprietary variant.
My point is, why isn't it like Playstation link which just presents as HID devices and usb-audio devices, without a driver at all? Same low-latency, they even do LDAC.