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Logitech CEO Wants to Sell You a Subscription-Based 'Forever Mouse' (gizmodo.com)

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

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During a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber shed some possible insight into the company’s view on one of its most important products. Saying that “the mouse built this house,” Faber shares the planning behind a Forever Mouse, a premium product that the company hopes will be the last you ever have to buy. There’s also a discussion about a subscription-based service and a deeper focus on AI.

For now, details on a Forever Mouse are thin, but you better believe there will be a catch. The Instant Pot was a product so good that customers rarely needed to buy another one. The company went bankrupt.

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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (10 children)

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.

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

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.

[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yep,

I tried this, but damaged my middle click in the process.

did you ever watch the youtube ‘deepdive’ into the double click?

Turns out they are using an older switch which, while great at the time, wants a higher voltage than modern, electricity diet, mice.

https://youtu.be/v5BhECVlKJA

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't, but I'm also an electrical engineer so I'm pretty familiar with the issue haha

Fun thing you can do, is open your mouse and look up the PN of your switch on DigiKey. Filter for components with the same package/footprint, then sort by actuation force. Get a few different ones and try them out. They sell good brands there.

I play a lot of shooters, so my left click is real easy to press, and my right click is ~3x harder.

[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

the video makes a point that the wetting current for the switches Logitech uses is... i think 5v, however modern mice use much lower voltages. He doesn't attribute it to malice, more "we have been using this part for 2 decades, why switch"

I ordered in these myself: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004754399010.html but damaged the middle mouse click during disassembly.

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