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Logitech: 'Forever mouse' was just a (bad) idea

by mgiannopoulos on 8/6/24, 6:20 PM with 15 comments

  • by JohnFen on 8/6/24, 7:33 PM

    > The ‘forever mouse’ is not an actual or planned product, but a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities for more sustainable consumer electronics.

    In other words, the "forever mouse" was just the CEO riffing on a direction that Logitech absolutely plans on going in, but that specific one wasn't on the planning charts yet.

  • by fullshark on 8/6/24, 6:42 PM

    A peek into the internal thinking of a tech CEO, who has no idea how to grow the company other than to copy competing tech companies' business models.

  • by prymitive on 8/6/24, 6:26 PM

    > a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities

    Is that a corporate slang for “how can these suckers pay us more without us giving them anything new?”

  • by sheepscreek on 8/6/24, 8:27 PM

    It's called "leasing". A mouse is too cheap to be leased though.

    I can see the case for expensive tech a hypothetical sophisticated maglev gaming keyboard. Or a very high quality expensive streaming camera, in the same league a top-tier brand like Sony or Fujifilm.

    IMO, nothing they make right now would fit the bill. It would have to be a new product with expensive tech that makes it superior to anything out there in it's league.

  • by sschueller on 8/6/24, 8:38 PM

    A CEO that came from the fashion industry is the wrong pick for a technology company IMO.

    Apple removed ports and physical buttons to favor design over functionality only to bring them back years later.

  • by LorenPechtel on 8/6/24, 6:53 PM

    They ran it up the flagpole. Got fingers rather than salutes.

  • by gnabgib on 8/7/24, 1:02 AM

    Related Logitech has an idea for a "forever mouse" that requires a subscription (52 points, 7 days ago, 54 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41112273

  • by karunamurti on 8/7/24, 1:00 AM

    I'm just going to buy mouse with replaceable switch. I think it's going to stay forever.

    I know it's anecdotal, but all of Logitech mouses that I bought have problems quickly, e.g. the clicky switch or the mouse wheel sensor. As if it's made with planned obsolescence.