If they do and it is visible on the product page or the product box, then no issue there. What I have issue with is that Linus cannot rightfully complain that a product doesn’t work on Linux if the manufacturer doesn’t support it. And that he should be assuming that nothing works on Linux. Same goes for anyone, not just Linus. It’s a good assumption to make, nothing works until you confirm with others that it does work.
That’s how I have been looking for even nicher stuff, like ARM SBC, I looked what OS has support for them and made a purchasing decision that way. And if there is no support for an OS I want to run, it’s on me to make it work on it, or ask or pay someone to make it work on it.
That’s what I was saying, that the challenge is flawed and I explained above that nobody would jump on Linux, have the expectation that everything will work flawlessly and then complain that things don’t work like they do on Windows. Linus makes a lot of bad assumptions which I doubt most people would do if they looked 5 minutes on the internet, which is required if you don’t know what you are doing, like it’s the case for Linus.
I agree with criticism towards manufacturers, but I also think nobody is entitled to someone else’s labor, in this case labor being support for another OS.
Again, most people who would try to run Linux, see that stuff doesn’t work and they cannot make it work would do either one of two things: a) switch back to Windows, or b) try to get rid of what doesn’t work and replace with similar stuff that does work. Either two options are legit for either hardware or software. One example could be the StreamDeck for hardware and MS Office for software. Switching back to Windows is an option which would make those keep working. On Linux, you would switch to DE / WM keybindings for the deck and LibreOffice or OnlyOffice for MSO. Again, both decisions are equally valid, depends on one’s preference.
What normie would be hard-headed enough to try to make Elgato stuff to work on Linux by booting into a Windows VM and passing the hardware back to the host OS? That’s insane! Again, normal people would just switch back to Windows and that is fine.
The point is, the challenge is flawed to begin with. Nobody would be brute-forcing their way into Linux like that. Sure, it does provide for some entertainment for some people and obviously brings money to LMG, but the reason Linus said the challenge exists was to present the pains of switching to Linux cold-turkey, as if Windows would stop working tomorrow. Nobody does that.