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PassingThrough ,

Yeah, I can see more of this happening as demand for quality products increases.

Things that don’t need replaced don’t bring in more money year over year, which means they have to keep coming up with other excuses for you to buy a new one just to stay above water.

Any time purchases reach critical mass and mostly everyone has bought the “last gizmo you’ll ever need”, they’ll have to release the last-last gizmo you’ll ever need.

One-time purchase forever mouse would just mean once sales drop they need to release the forever-ever mouse, now with an extra button, then when that one peaks, the forever-and-ever mouse, with one more button than that.

Or they’ll hit a ceiling and go the way of Instant Pot.

It feels like a choice between rental(this) or rental with extra e-waste(any time you replace a cheaply made or planned obsolescence product) and it sucks.

wersooth ,

I haven’t see any logi mouse which woudn’t break after a year, quality is gone for 5+ years now for that brand. I’m more than happy with a noname Hama brand mouse costs half, lifetime 10x :D

MindTraveller ,

What’s the point of a mouse that lasts forever if your purchase doesn’t?

sunzu , (edited )

We should shove it up the CEOs as and make him pay us!

sxan ,
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That would be a different market, where the CEO benefits.

itsgroundhogdayagain ,

Don’t do it, Logitech. Don’t go full HP.

axo10tl ,

Dumbest shit I’ve heard this week.

Switches that last forever would be interesting. Subscription models and sw updates for a mouse are the very opposite of interesting. I’d pay not to have either.

Cagi ,

So of you miss a payment your mouse shuts off?

How is your standing policed, with an always online requirement? So if I move and need to wait to get my internet up, I can’t use my mouse?

Are they legally liable for lifetime support or are you signing away that right in the EULA and they can end support for your “lifetime” mouse on a whim?

I’d rather rent my furniture than subscribe to a mouse, but both practices are exploiting this world’s rampant financial illiteracy.

LowleeKun ,

So what they mean is we have received expensive garbage that had a short shelf life from the very beginning and they would now rather make a “quality” product and milk us dry for owning it? Sure sounds like a good idea for shareholders.

If i could choose one job it would be to fuck CEOs and shareholders with rusty razor blades.

givesomefucks ,

The concept mouse that Faber examined was “a little heavier” than the typical mouse. But what drives its longevity potential for Logitech is the idea of constantly updated software and services.

What software or service updates does a mouse even need?

Like, the crazier mice have software, but it doesn’t really need updated. It’s just for fine tuning DPI and turning off the flashy lights.

Tarogar ,

I mainly wonder how they are going to solve a broken microswitch with a software update…

Jajcus ,

When you pay them as long as you use the mouse, they have a business reason to keep it working as long as possible (so to use batter switches) and sending you a new one when one breaks can still be profitable for them. Software updates are less important here.

I guess for end users it will still be cheaper and more convenient to buy a new regular mouse with a one-time payment after the previous one breaks. And that is how electro-trash piles up…

sunzu ,

There is a lesson in there about how we get stupid outcomes from "capitalism"

clif ,

It’s just for … turning off the flashy lights.

This right here. But the software is garbage and I’d prefer they didn’t include the disco lights at all. Maybe that’s a way to improve profits?

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