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Logitech’s Subscription Mouse Idea Pulled Back After Backlash (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 3 months ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] chryan@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Forever Pay For Your Mouse"

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We already do, with intentionally fast breaking switches. They get away with charging $100 for a mouse, and ensuring a $0.30 part will break long before the devices useful lifetime. Generating mountains of ewaste.

Why can't they get away with the next step, which is charging a subscription fee to use their mice as well?

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

That's a more accurate branding.