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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't care to look it up, but I would suspect that Valve has a patent on their trackpads in the context of a handheld console. It might be difficult or impossible for anyone else to try to utilize the same concept.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They don't, both the Lenovo Legion Go and the AYANEO Kun have a touchpad.
Microsoft must be woefully afraid of alternative input methods. I fully believe this thing wouldn't even have a Gyro if it wasn't building off the previous ROG Ally.

[-] BismuthYellow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If that were true then 1 trackpad would've been enough, no? Like legion go. Also ayaneo kun exists and it has 2 trackpads which most likely isn't true that valve has a patent on trackpads.

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