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

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure the 'forever' part refers to the payment model.

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

Then I will "forever" not buy anything from them

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

Allow me to translate the business language to understandable terms....we (Logitech) will sell customers (us) a hook. When they bite, they bite forever. They will pay us (Logitech) to use their own hardware! What a bunch of idiots!

Additionally I would like to propose that we don't sign up for apple or other fruit rentals or delivery subscriptions. If you want a banana, go to the market and get one. Then eat the banana. It should cost only a few cents since you basically consume the thing. Now, if you want a mouse, go to Amazon and buy one from there that is not Logitech. Then just hook it up to the computer and use it! That's it! In fact, if you don't return it, your compromise with the seller ends when they deliver it to your door. Both you and the seller walk away happy. There's no fucking subscription to a mouse! WTF! That's a company with two legs just about done shooting one off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Additionally I would like to propose that we don't sign up for apple or other fruit rentals or delivery subscriptions.

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