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[–] buttfarts@lemy.lol 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You can always bring a second controller for redundancy. I would bet money the game controller had zero impact on the failure and I hate all the shade being thrown on this innocent controller.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That game controller has terrible range, zero compatibility with any other device, and randomly adds inputs when the controller is more than 2 feet away from the receiver. It is reasonable to consider if uncontrolled movement contributed to the implosion, or a loss of control at a critical moment preventing return to the surface.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

In the context of the lawsuit it's definitely a valid thing to bring up, mostly because it helps you tell the story to the jury. But yeah, in practice it probably didn't represent much of a hazard on its own (though it almost certainly wasn't fire rated)