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I see. It's a weird way to describe that, though, because Bluetooth is on 2.4 GHz, while non-Bluetooth controllers aren't required to be on 2.4 GHz.
I would have understood if they just said they want to avoid Bluetooth.
It may be a weird way to describe it, but it's the standard in the industry. Example: my mouse supports both Bluetooth and USB dongle, and look at what it says on the toggle switch:
It might be weird if you are not used to this. It's a common way to distinguish the propietary dongles from Bluetooth. Even all controllers itself that support both modes, has the setting labelled as
Bluetooth <> 2.4gtoggle, and marketing and data specs always use this notion too. No Bluetooth device of any kind will connect to 2.4g type of devices, if they do not support Bluetooth.So it's not that weird from the person who said it, because that is industry standard way of distinguishing it. I give you that, that the industry should have adopted a distinct name for this kind of connection. But you can't fault him saying that this way, in my opinion off course.