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Logitech CEO Wants to Sell You a Subscription-Based 'Forever Mouse' (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (23 children)

Since we’re pretty much all in agreement that Logitech has enshittified with the Great Ones like Ubisoft, Hewlett Packard, and more, let’s talk about our last great products they made that we will no longer recommend! 😃

These are all my products that I love, and have been extremely high quality. All of them work just fine to this day!

Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum mice (I own two, bought in 2018 I believe and still using)
Logitech C920 1080p 30 FPS webcam
Logitech G613 Lightspeed Wireless keyboard (great keyboard I use for work, hate that the keys are painted and will eventually wear away)
Logitech G603 Wireless Mouse (for work, works fantastic!)
Logitech Litra Beam LED lights (I own two)

Oh Logitech. Why can’t you just make products we can own instead of following the greedy “As a Service”? Ah well! Bound to happen one day (Steam, please please don’t ever become public).

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My previous logi mouse lasted for a decade before giving up.

My current MX mouse lasted almost 3 years before the rubber started separating from the case at the palm area.

I don’t know if I will buy another logi mouse.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I hear you dude. That 10+ year reputation is what drove me to buy their stuff, along with all the glowing user recommendations.

I heard that you can make the rubber last longer on mice by periodically cleaning them to slow their chance of breaking down, but I never experienced the rubber actually separating. That happened to my spouse's Razer mouse (heh, that rhymes).

But I suppose that, apart from this whole post's focus on "as a service", that possibly Logi products have begun to go downhill quite recently. I wouldn't know, all of mine have been great. Sucks for your MX mouse, but I feel you on the uncertainty of buying future Logi mice.

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