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look, the enshittification isn't going to do itself (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] rook@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ploopy kinda fills that niche, as the bits are replaceable and the non-generic parts don’t require stuff like your own injection moulding equipment. Not quite there yet, nor do they have a the full range of stuff you might want (and what they do have isn’t cheap), but it’s a nice start.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link, I did not know about this outfit (and jeez, I know naming stuff is hard, but "Ploopy" is kinda bad as a company name).

While I appreciate what they're trying to do, the aesthetics are very much "hackerspace afficionado". Logi could presumably bring premium materials and finishing to a "forever mouse".

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

(and jeez, I know naming stuff is hard, but “Ploopy” is kinda bad as a company name).

Naming themselves after something which implies immortality would've been my pick - something like "Theseus", to suggest a Ship-of-Theseus kind of immortality, I dunno.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmm could be cutesier. Maybe Phesius. Pronounced faece-us

[–] earthquake@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Mouse-of-Theseus. Mouseus.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

apparently there was a yellow soda in the 90s named "urge." until now that was the worst product name I'd heard