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

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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That is mostly a myth. They did agree of the lifetime, but it wasn't planned obsolescence like people act. The lifetime of a bulb is directly related to how bright it is. If you make a really dim bulb it lasts a long time, which is how that one in the firehouse is still alive. It's so dim it's effectively useless. The group met to decide on a luminosity target, which also is a lifespan target effectively.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, A dim bulb is extremely inefficient, it will use a lot of electricity for a very small amount of light.

On the other hand you can make very efficient lightbulb that will be very bright for a small amount of electricity but last only for a few minutes.

The 1000 hours limits is a nice middle ground.

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

And what of the noble gas filled bulbs that were both brighter and longer lasting?

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

i mean, all incandecant bulbs are filled with a noble gas, Argon. If they didnt any bulb would have a lifespan measured in seconds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Back in the 1920's and earlier they were commonly just in a vacuum.

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

Not if you read/believe most of the info on the wiki. US government fined GE over it in 1949.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, even the wiki (under "purpose") says the myth is probably not true. It was a cartel though, and therefore illegal in many/most places. It just wasn't because the planned obsolescence. Lowering lifespan also led to selling more bulbs though, so it was useful for that.