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looks down at right hand resting on a Logitech M570 I've made several repairs on
I can see their strategy. Keep using microswitches rated for 1,200 clicks and you might need a subscription to these things if you don't know your way around a soldering iron.
So its a 'Forever Mouse' as long I 'Forever Pay'
I think this idea is even stupider than it seems, and that's already pretty fucking bad. I don't think this idiot understands that people who still buy mice are people who didn't "upgrade" to iPads or just use their phone as their only computer. We are power users, and are more likely to smell the bullshit than anyone else.
I'm not sure Logitech can build a forever mouse anymore with the way their QA's gone. Who's buying new mice regularly anyway?
I've owned a g502 for over a decade now. I know their products are such shit now, I don't know what I'll do when it breaks. Definitely not get a mouse subscription, at least
Yeah that's gonna be a no for me dawg.
Last mouse I bought from them had a 2 years warranty. I thought okay fine. 1½ year after purchase, it started double-clicking.
Reached out to customer service, proof of purchase and everything. Agree that mouse need to be replaced, so they send me a new mouse, but for some reason they shipped it from the US to Canada and the custom duty was almost the price of a new mouse.
Big wtf, next time I'll ask for either a refund or some kind of way to get a free replacement from a store in Canada..
I was a flunky of Logitech for most of my life, but after multiple mice in a row that developed the double click issue in far too short a time, I have vowed to never buy another.
I've been super happy using simple, cheap assed mice and I can't tell the difference in the slightest.
$20 mice ftw.
If you have basic soldering skills and care enough to do this, the mouse buttons can be replaced for less than a dollar each. Not that this excuses Logitech's poor QA, but my ~~g502~~ g305 will last damn near forever if I keep replacing the switches like I have been.
Logitech already offers a forever mouse for many years: G502. There is noting more to add to a perfect and lasting mouse.
And now they want to reinvent the wheel? Sounds like this is already going wrong.
Buy a ploopy mouse and have your mouse forever. It is fully open sourced with QMK software.
If I made my thoughts known about this development, I'd be permanently banned from lemmy.world.
Maybe they could focus on making better mice! The super light x 2 is falling behind more and more every year
Why my favorite mouse company gotta start with this bullshit. GOT-DAMN!
I will continue buying cheaper (and wired) mouses from no-name Chinese brands.
Reminds me of what happed to GE’s lighting division. They used to have a steady stream of income from people replacing burned out bulbs. The CFLs and LED bulbs came in.
GE made a ton of money selling the new bulbs to homes, businesses and cities, but then the money dried up because the new bulbs lasted way longer.
Then they started scrambling to do weird shit with lighting. Like cramming cameras and sensors into bulbs so lights could be used for surveillance in cities and stores. They were basically struggling to find a new reason why you’d want to by a new bulb.
Oh God if they put AI in the MX Master Mice then I'm boned.
Not everything has to be a subscription.
Unless you’re a greedy CEO. Then everything should be a subscription!
Logitech's quality has been steadily dropping. Got fed up with thumb trackball buttons failing in less than 2 years. Logitech was my go to for most computer peripherals, but I just can't justify replacing all my family's trackballs every two years at $60 a pop.
Switched over to Elecom because they are one of the only brands selling wired thumb trackballs and so far they are great. It's unfortunate, my first Logitech trackball lasted at least 10 years. It never broke, just got lost in a move. Used to love their stuff but, the only thing left from the Logitech I bought my first trackball from is the name.
