Disgusting. Utterly disgusting. This idea belongs in the garbage bin.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024
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Most reasonable consumers won't go for this. it's a greed play.
Give me mice that I own; not mice to rent.
Right now, companies are chasing LLM's and subscription services. I'm terrified of what's going to come next, lol. At what point does late stage capitalism stop?
Sometimes I am glad that super cheap Chinese hardware is a thing and I can always switch to those in case these greedy companies all became shit
Subscription-based hardware should be illegal.
If you're renting something, you rent it and give it back to be rented out again if you stop paying. There is no common good argument for this remote sabotage bullshit.
ssm has an idea for a "forever list" of companies he will never buy from
Nobody tell them that generic mouse drivers are part of every USB driver devkit.
They know. And that's the "problem" they're trying to "innovate" around.
This is nothing but rent-seeking.
I love how the community can smell bullshit miles away.
[click click, click click click click] Hmm, why's it not... Honey, did we pay the mouse bill this month?
I have never had to replace a mouse ever. I swear the mouse I'm using is from the early 2000's
What's a mouse?
I use a trackpad
The lenovo version of trackpad on my thinkpad has buttons on the top & bottom along with trackpoint that works when nothing else will..
I even have a usb keyboard with a trackpad
I bought a gaming mouse [not logitech] to set up a distro that wouldn't install by trackpad for $12 once the install finished, it sits on a shelf
A forever mouse is a solution in search of a problem
The customer base of people who use mice is shrinking, most people use their phones or pads a majority of the time
what you wrote sounds completely insane to me. sure i don't use a mouse on my phone very much, but no way would i ever prefer a trackpad to a mouse for a desktop or laptop. and tons of people still carry a mouse to use with their laptops, based on my observations. i really think you may be an outlier here.
My wrist will not tolerate using a mouse for more than a few hours
You use a mouse on your phone?
not very much. honestly, only once or twice, for a laugh, which is probably still more than most folks lol
My experience is so different, and so are the market statistics. A "forever mouse" is a dumb idea just looking for a subscription cash grab, but the PC mouse market is expanding year over year as more people get desktop computers, and especially for PC gaming, an expanding market in its own right. The customer base of people who use mice might be shrinking in some Linux communities, but stating that across the board is just incorrect.
This is as stupid an idea as Wendy's 'surge pricing' nonsense.
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