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I've had the same mouse for like 10 years now, no issues.
Late stage capitalism is scary, especially when you know there are some nutjobs who actually think communism is a good alternative. We're heading for bad times, gonna get worse before it gets better.There'll be a subscription on my toilet seat soon enough. Jesus, this recurring revenue push for every damn thing is getting tiresome.
Cars are already going that way.The future is going to be a perfect utopia:
- Electric Kettle Subscription
- Fridge subscription
- Oven subscription
- PC Mouse Subscription
..........
A Utopia for large multinationals.
what a year dear god, fuck intel, fuck asus, fuck logitech, all these big names going on suicide runs lmao.
Cars are already going that way.
A sub for remote start (even though your keyfob has the button)
A sub for heated seats (but your dashboard has the button)
A sub for premium sound (the subwoofer is there, just turned off)
etc etc
What exactly do you think the WEF is? It isn’t a conspiracy theory, it is their plan. More or less every large corp and government wants to turn the world essentially into a Black Mirror episode. And they aren’t even hiding it.I don’t think it’s going to be a 2030 conspiracy that turns the world like this but the big businesses.
If they can make it that we pay to buy then Pay to continue to use something they will damn well sure try and do it.
I can see this coming a mile off
You can opt out but I bet the FOMO will be a big big selling point, that an enforced obsolescence of older products.
With a PS/2 to USB adapter? Nice! My issue with ball mice is the dust that gets inside.Currently using a Logitech M-S48A ball mouse from 1998.
It's older than a lot of Gaffers.
Works perfectly.
I expect it to last the rest of my lifetime.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber recently discussed the possibility of one day selling a mouse that customers can use "forever." The executive said such a mouse isn't "necessarily super far away" and will rely on software updates, likely delivered through a subscription model.
Faber, who Logitech appointed as CEO in October, said that members of a "Logitech innovation center" showed her "a forever mouse" and compared it to a nice but not "super expensive" watch. She said:
Speaking with Faber, Decoder host and Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel suggested that a "forever mouse" could cost $200. While that would be expensive compared to the typical mouse, such a product wouldn't be the first software-heavy, three-figure-price computer mouse. Still, a price tag of around $200 would limit the audience to professionals or enthusiasts.
To be clear, Logitech hasn't announced concrete plans to release such a product. But Faber seemed optimistic about the idea of a mouse that people never need to replace.
Like some of software, you buy hardware, then to use it well and have some features activated, you will need to login, subs to factory, then getting it worked. The worst case is if hardware wont work if you havent pay the subs...So if you cancel your subscription the mouse stops working, or what? I don't really understand this. From just the headline I thought it might be that you pay a subscription to continuously get new mice when the last one goes bad, but doesn't seem like it?