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Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants an AI agent in every board meeting (www.techspot.com)

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 96 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

Hanneke Faber became CEO of Logitech on December 1, 2023, after leaving her role as group president at Unilever. Since joining the Swiss peripheral manufacturer, Faber has attracted attention for her unconventional ideas about how personal technology should evolve – often with a focus on benefiting shareholders and companies first.

Faber is now best known for proposing the so-called "Forever Mouse" concept – a device with constantly evolving firmware features built on base hardware that customers would purchase only once. According to Faber, users would happily pay monthly or annual subscriptions to access these software-based upgrades. However, no concrete business plans have yet been announced to bring the idea to market.

Regarding pricing, the CEO compared the mouse to a Rolex watch and the software to Logitech's video conferencing business. A paid subscription is possible, but Faber offered no further details.

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[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Yeah, every time I use my mouse I think "man I really wish this was an subscription service!"

[+] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca -8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Honestly I wouldn't mind if a company charged like, $1/month or something reasonable like that but for some reason some asshole made it standard practice to charge $10-$15/month for literally anything and now everyone uses that as the starting point for their "services"

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Maybe if they have you the mouse for free a sub fee a per month would be reasonable. But it's a mouse. What killer software could one be paying for for a mouse subscription.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I was more thinking the mouse be free plus any replacements in the future.

Then you would break even after about 5 years ($60)

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I believe that was still a mouse you'd have to pay for up front, you'd just get a subscription on top of that.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I’m sure you pay the whole price up front. You can’t think like a rational person with these things, only a capitalist. The only thing that changes is that now Logitech has a stable revenue stream and gets to turn off your mouse if you stop paying for even a second.

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