Yeah, even my $50-$60 logitechs will probably last me at least 5-10 years so even $1 would be steep but would be nice for example just to get a new case as the rubbery stuff starts wearing off which is something I'd probably just put up with otherwise.
realitista
joined 1 year ago
Yes the idea of fixing is less compelling for a mouse than other technologies. But I would still feel better if I knew they did fix just the part that was broken rather than chucking the whole thing out.
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.
Well if all the good mods leave and you only have the bad ones left or people who come in just to profit, you get this.
Are these chips actually made in China or still made in Taiwan like most high performance chips?
What do people use to replace Microsoft Office these days? Have they got wine working well enough to run them yet or are you still stuck with open source alternatives?
Not only that but they are actually shipping batches to automakers for testing already.
They said it would be in Lexus first if you read the article. There are power banks on the market with solid state batteries today if you like.
But now it's actually being produced and put into products.
Best would be if they nationalized these systems and then migrated them to their FOSS alternatives over time.