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Lemminary ,

I already pay a subscription when I have to keep buying the hardware designed to break. I don’t think I’ve ever had a middle mouse button working for long.

It’s so much bullshit and it’s getting shittier.

Lost_My_Mind ,

It’s so much bullshit and it’s getting shittier.

Unclear if you’re talking about technology, or life.

Lemminary ,

Hmm… yes.

victorz ,

I don’t understand what you all are doing with your mice. I’ve had mine for years, and the one before it, years. I only changed because I wanted to upgrade, too.

Meanwhile I’m always on Discord with my buddy complaining that his mouse broke, again. This mf fingers must weigh a fk ton bruh.

SkaveRat ,

lots of people smack their mice on the table out of rage.

Do that a lot, and they will not last very long

Lemminary ,

I wish it were my unmanageable rage, but it’s usually a regular old click that does them in. Maybe I have superhuman strength in my index finger and haven’t noticed it.

Lemminary ,

I just like to middle-click things. I opened a Logitech mouse once and found out that the bridge that presses the button internally is way thinner than a toothpick and my frail little fingers are stronger than it for inexplicable reasons. :(

apt_install_coffee ,

If it’s a G502/702, they’ve got a very fucky scroll wheel & middle click; it’s actually a lemon, but since nothing else works with the wireless pads they’re the only options.

Lippy ,
@Lippy@fedia.io avatar

I can vouch for that. For me it's the scroll wheel.

I've been through a Logitech G703 and a Corsair Sabre Pro and both failed the same way. I've also seen it happen to a Razer Deathadder Essential. The shitty mechanical encoder goes janky after a few months and basically makes scrolling unusable, as scrolling the mouse wheel either doesn't get detected or is interpreted as going the opposite direction. Yeah they can be 'fixed' by either blasting air into it which sometimes works for a bit or worst case, soldering on a replacement encoder, but even that's just a temporary fix as it's only a matter of time before that fails too. I can't deal with unreliability like that.

Older mice more commonly used to use optical encoders which tend to last much longer but finding a new mouse with an optical encoder isn't as easy. I finally broke down and got a Zowie the other day which should hold up a bit better in theory and only time will tell. I feel silly spending so much on a mouse, but I just want one that works.

bitchkat ,

Well that means I need to find a new mouse because of them even suggesting this crap. I really like my MX Master. Beefy with some weight.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

Or just buy 4-5 now and last the next decade.

Shame there’s no a mechanical mouse movement to create an industry of high quality alternatives we can buy.

Curious_Canid ,
@Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

Company that makes Mice: Hey, what if we actually built a good mouse!

TK420 ,

I didn’t see Sonos being dropped from my list of companies to buy products from in 2024, is Logitech joining that list this year too?

On the right track it seems!

dinckelman ,

A brand, that hasn’t sold anything with good software/firmware, is trying to make a software-focused product. Peak comedy

UselesslyBrisk ,

logitech’s software is trash across the board.

Have their MX keyboard and their logi+ software regualrly craps out making the function/special keys unusable until i log off/back on. Sometimes WHILE im using the keyboard.

And their gaming stuff is no better. Many times just having the logitech g suite software running means my mic will randomly stop working, if i remove the software the headset runs fine.

Teknikal ,
@Teknikal@eviltoast.org avatar

This is moronic if we let this nonsense continue how long until we have to subscribe for a microwave, tv, hifi, salt grinder etc.

Stop giving these things money please.

empireOfLove2 ,
@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

An idea for a mouse I will never buy in a million years

Binette ,

Lmao what happens if you don’t pay?

And009 ,

Oh Deere!

ByteOnBikes ,

This is why Chinese knock offs are winning.

Not because of price, but because of shit like this.

absGeekNZ ,
@absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz avatar

But the Ploopy mouse already exists.

01189998819991197253 ,
@01189998819991197253@infosec.pub avatar

That’s a $130 (US, I’m assuming) mouse. Looks dope, though

absGeekNZ ,
@absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz avatar

$100 - $135 Canada style monies. +$27 for shipping to New Zealand. So up $160CAD…very expensive for a mouse, but not as crazy as some gaming mice.

01189998819991197253 ,
@01189998819991197253@infosec.pub avatar

Low supply / small batch, with open source software and (it seems) hardware. Logitech MX Master 3S is $140 CAD, and it’s fully closed source. I’d say their price is in line with these types of premium mice. BUT it’s too much for mouse anyway lol

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

The site apparently doesn’t resizes images in a smart way.

https://quokk.au/pictrs/image/d30c491d-1fc8-4b56-988d-908ac8ee0a1a.jpeg

Or these mice need a diet.

rustydomino ,
@rustydomino@lemmy.world avatar

lmfao. At one point the Logitech mouse driver for MacOS was a 1GB download. They want me to pay for that shit??? gtfo.

NuXCOM_90Percent ,

Tangential: Is there any community for mice akin to the mechanical keyboard community?

Would love to buy an alternative but every time I do any research it boils down to “razer or logitech” with everything else being orders of magnitude shittier.

Korkki ,

“Oooh! we wanna help the environment! Look at how green we are! It’s gonna last you a lifetime. Such quality. Such emotional investment into your personal mouse!”

Bitch! You are just inventing stupid ideas about how to turn a hardware company into a service company, because you know that is where the money is.

Maeve ,

Vance Packard warned us, in his book, The Waste Makers.

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