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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I already pay a subscription when I have to keep buying the hardware designed to break. I don't think I've ever had a middle mouse button working for long.

It's so much bullshit and it's getting shittier.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s so much bullshit and it’s getting shittier.

Unclear if you're talking about technology, or life.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I don't know how they think I could afford subscriptions for every object in my life. There's no way

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

You have several 'backup' organs, just saying.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well that means I need to find a new mouse because of them even suggesting this crap. I really like my MX Master. Beefy with some weight.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I’ll pass

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Yeah, maybe work on making their switches not start double-clicking after a couple of years first.

I'm on my third-or-fourth one that has done this to me. Once this one gets too bad (they inevitably do) I am through with them. It's a shame because I really do like their peripherals. The mouse that convinced to keep buying them was an excellent device that lasted a very long time and I only replaced because it was a dinosaur. I used their solar powered keyboard for a decade-and-a-half, too, until I accidentally dropped something on it and broke it. Now, the switches in their mice die on me after a year or two without fail. They've clearly cheaped out on components. Fuck em. Goodbye Logitech. I will not miss their software.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I went down a rabbit hole when my mouse started double clicking wanting to know why, especially compared to older mice that seem to last forever. turns out the switches themselves technically haven't changed or even dropped in quality much over the years, they've always used the same shit-tier switches. many modern mice use too low of a voltage and operate out of spec, and the otherwise good enough switches don't hold up. here's an hour+ long youtube video about it if you want all the details.

it's bullshit that it's necessary, but if you're willing to solder in new switches you can get better quality ones that will outlast the rest of the mouse for ~$5-10.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I have mice that I bought 35 years ago that still work. I had to replace the buttons on one I got 20yrs ago, but it’s a daily driver and the switches are hella cheap and like a 5min solder job. Make them socketed and it’s now a forever mouse. Done.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ah yes, the industry first MaaS. What will they think of next. nuclear facepalm

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I didn’t see Sonos being dropped from my list of companies to buy products from in 2024, is Logitech joining that list this year too?

On the right track it seems!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

2 years from now: “Why are Logitech sales down?”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

A brand, that hasn't sold anything with good software/firmware, is trying to make a software-focused product. Peak comedy

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lmao what happens if you don't pay?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Company that makes Mice: Hey, what if we actually built a good mouse!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The site apparently doesn’t resizes images in a smart way.

Or these mice need a diet.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

This is moronic if we let this nonsense continue how long until we have to subscribe for a microwave, tv, hifi, salt grinder etc.

Stop giving these things money please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

This is why Chinese knock offs are winning.

Not because of price, but because of shit like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

An idea for a mouse I will never buy in a million years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Really, I'm not against this model if it were simply a low monthly fee to rent hardware and have it perpetually fixed and maintained. For a mouse I couldn't imagine more than $1-2. I would feel good paying that knowing that the mouse wouldn't go onto the trash heap when it stopped working well.

But of course that's not what they are thinking. They are thinking you still pay an exorbitant up front cost, plus you pay an exorbitant subscription on top of that.

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