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Re: Why I wouldn't buy Ledger Nano S ever again?
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PrivacyG
on 17/11/2021, 13:39:44 UTC
I still have a Nano S in my drawer but I would rather not use it anymore.  I currently only use it for certain accounts.  Makes me happy to see you people moving away from closed-source hardware and from a questionable company.

On a positive note, my device has not had any kind of hardware failures yet and I did use it heavily for years straight.  I reduced my brightness from the start though, so keep that in mind.  However, there is a negative side to it.  My Nano S has been moving awfully slow after I updated it to one of the latest firmware versions.  I can not remember precisely, but I think it was around six months ago.  I used to navigate really fast through the menu before, but they seem to have added a button input delay which makes the Passphrase setup a pain.  Takes years now to fill in the Passphrase, while before I could have done it within a minute or less.

The storage capacity is one more big minus.  I constantly had to go through Ledger Live every time I needed to work with more than 3 coins.  Deleting and re-installing apps every time is just an unnecessary waste of time that could have been avoided from the start.  I also do not like that I have to go through Ledger Live every time I need to manage Ledger's apps.  There is no Tor option, Ledger Live is at least partially closed source as far as I am concerned and so on.  Not worth it.

The customer data leak put an end to any of my potential future Ledger orders.  That was a clear sign for me that they are not trustworthy and I shall steer away from their products.  Trezor's or airgapped computer for the win.

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Regards,
PrivacyG