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

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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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 17 points 6 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).

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 4 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I bought half a dozen G502's when I found out they were changing them many years ago, and I've only opened 1 of them. Pretty sure I'm good for life at this point.

I like the M705 for my work PC. Wireless and the batteries literally last for years. They do eventually die to the 'double click of death' so no points for longevity of hardware.

Also have a G13 that I like. Never found a better gaming half-keyboard but they stopped making them a long time ago.

[–] Smokeless7048 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

did you ever watch the youtube 'deepdive' into the double click?

Turns out they are using an older switch which, while great at the time, wants a higher voltage than modern, electricity diet, mice.