I doubt this is malicious, just stupid. They wanted to have some sort of cloud feature, either because it's the latest buzzword and they want to be up on the times or they had some legitimate reason for a minor feature or for getting data on how people used the mice on games.
If you make something like this opt-in no one will do it, so to justify all the work you did or ensure full buzzword compliance you have to do it. It's just a heavy handed way to go about it.
Perhaps an upside is that a move like this might indicate that they're living on the precipice of financial failure, so not buying their products will take care of the problem for everybody.
If you make something like this opt-in no one will do it, so to justify all the work you did or ensure full buzzword compliance you have to do it. It's just a heavy handed way to go about it.