… I’m not planning to throw that watch away ever. So why would I be throwing my mouse or my keyboard away if it’s a fantastic-quality, well-designed, software-enabled mouse? The forever mouse is one of the things that we’d like to get to.

The watch you also don’t need a subscription for? Great example, really.

“Logitech is seeking growth by appealing to the many people who don’t own both a mouse and keyboard and by selling more expensive devices.”

Lol. Magic thinking make line go up, forever. Shareholder expect 3% this quarter.

ROFL They could keep that mouse in that case! Trying to normalize enshittification is a real cute look, makes me want to buy other than Logitech next time I make a keyboard and mouse purchase. I’ll support System 76 or a slightly saner corporation with a mouse and keyboard purchase.

As someone who has recently been spending a lot of time rolling my own USB devices, this would require logitech to form a gang and throw out the current USB standards and completely vertically integrate for this idea to not be an abject failure. I guess it could happen! But yeah in terms of who gets to rule over our inevitable cyberpunk dystopia, I just don’t think it’ll be Logitech. Unless they pivot to bionics.

*edit: am now thinking Logitech will definitely pivot to bionic limbs and you’ll have to configure them with logitech options, ugh

What would a mouse subscription even provide?

It infuriates me to see companies now co-opting the “forever X” language from the right-to-repair movement so that instead of “a well-constructed object you care for, repair, and use for multiple generations” it means “a thing you can pay a subscription on forever.”

Logitech used to make such good hardware too. I have a pair of wired earbuds they made 15 years ago and they still work great, even after being accidentally machine washed. If any of their modern hardware was half that good they’d be all I buy.