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

submitted 1 month 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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[–] umbraroze 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh I have a Forever Mouse. Bought a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical in 2001 or so. Still works. Use it with my Raspberry Pi sometimes. Also bought another Microsoft wireless laptop mouse like a decade ago. Still works just fine.

...The Logitech mouse that I bought against my better judgement in 2020 is starting to show signs of fatigue.

Also how the everliving hell do you add AI to input devices? Are they just going to guess what I'm pointing at?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also how the everliving hell do you add AI to input devices?

They won't, but they figure there are probably still some investors floating around who will buy that stupid line.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We will move the mouse for you
We will enable mouse accel when we think you would want it
Pre-click the buttons

[–] Regrettable_incident 12 points 1 month ago

Your Logitech Forever Mouse just purchased another Logitech Forever Mouse

[–] rottingleaf 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe they mean one with a nuclear battery.

[–] netvor 2 points 1 month ago

Also how the everliving hell do you add AI to input devices?

Think one of those UI's that move your mouse to an "OK" button, but even worse, and everywhere (..ehm, everywhere it feels like). Add a Crowdstrikeability potential and you've got your AI crap. What's not to love about it? (and by "love" I mean "hate"...)