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Logitech CEO Wants to Sell You a Subscription-Based 'Forever Mouse'

During a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber shed some possible insight into the company’s view on one of its most important products. Saying that “the mouse built this house,” Faber shares the planning behind a Forever Mouse, a premium product that the company hopes will be the last you ever have to buy. There’s also a discussion about a subscription-based service and a deeper focus on AI.

For now, details on a Forever Mouse are thin, but you better believe there will be a catch. The Instant Pot was a product so good that customers rarely needed to buy another one. The company went bankrupt.

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

Try getting them to last longer than 2 years before the scroll wheel breaks before you try to stump this shit

Dettweiler42 ,

So many CEOs these days have their heads completely up their own ass when it comes to the concept of “buy it for life”.

lemmyhavesome ,

Logitech stuff is already sort of a subscription based service, since their stuff is designed to fail after around 2 years.

Firipu ,
@Firipu@startrek.website avatar

Really? Been using a logitech trackball at work for 14 years now. My k750 keyboard lasted me almost 10y until the battery completely gave up and I wanted to upgrade. My Mx keys has lasted me for years since.

Similar stories for my mice, none of them have failed, I’ve only upgraded because I wanted lighter, more/less buttons or for other reasons.

jamyang ,

Their recent offerings have been a big disappointment. Gone were those days where you’d buy a logi mouse and keep it for atleast 5 years.

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I’ve already got a Forever Mouse though… I’m using a $25 Logitech M705 I bought 10 years ago, before they cheaped out and replaced the metal scrollwheel with a plastic one. Works great. I have to replace the battery once every two years or so. I’ve got an 11-year-old Logitech mouse at work too.

bane_killgrind ,

My g9x is getting flakey, and I’m very sad.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

My MX510 from 2005 died recently. I’m sure it’s just a cable issue since if I straighten it out perfectly, once in a while I can still get a signal through. So I’m contemplating of desoldering it and put a new one in, it was otherwise flawless.

Leate_Wonceslace ,
@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

If I make my thoughts known about this development, I’d be permanently banned from lemmy.world.

rdrunner ,

Maybe they could focus on making better mice! The super light x 2 is falling behind more and more every year

rsuri ,

Another piece of the Forever Mouse puzzle is the software. Logitech uses its Options Plus software which essentially walks people through making prompts to interact with AI. But Faber says this is just the start:

This is intended to appeal to investors instead of customers.

VirtualOdour ,

Hey I need my mouse drivers to do chatGPT api calls, how else will I be able to email my toaster when I want to put bread in?

cmrn ,

Trying to make a flagship product and keep it pumped up through subscription sounds a lot like live service games.

And those all fucking suck.

Fijxu ,

lol

Smokeless7048 ,

it was these keycaps: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001681753913.html

Came with the wrong size space, so had to order a smaller in (not shown in the pic), which isn’t listed on Ali anymore.

muculent ,

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