The “native connectivity” is SimConnect - no two ways about it - that is the official API. There is nothing else, no secret back door, no “hack”. Not with MSFS, which is a lot more locked down than the previous sims were. If Logitech were to make a driver, they would have to base it on SimConnect too.
Everything beyond that could only be implemented by Asobo, they would have to query and access these HID devices from inside MSFS. I am not sure that there is a business case for them in this. What is their incentive, what do they have to gain? Except reputation of course. But the point is moot as soon as the aircraft in the sim are diversified and complex enough, so that special coding would be required for the panels - like with PMDG in the past (their API is also based on SimConnect btw). IMHO you can’t expect Asobo to always adapt and expand their code every time there is something new - because all MSFS users would be looking at them, if they integrate the panels natively.
I’m not sure that the notion that “most simmers have those devices” is really valid. The sales numbers didn’t stop the original company Saitek from going under.
From my perspective this is a bit of a deadlock - it doesn’t compute for the manufacturers to really engage, but at the same time there would be a lot of potential if they did. In the past, all this has always been left to the third parties to figure out. And there is a lot more hardware lurking out there (VRI, GoFlight, etc.)
Best regards
Oliver Binder
Lorby-SI