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Logitech: 'Forever mouse' was just a (bad) idea

27 points by mgiannopoulos 2y ago

LorenPechtel 2y ago
They ran it up the flagpole. Got fingers rather than salutes.
prymitive 2y ago
> a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities Is that a corporate slang for “how can these suckers pay us more without us giving them anything new?”
- mystified5016 2y ago
  That pretty much sums up the current capitalist zeitgeist
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fullshark 2y ago
A peek into the internal thinking of a tech CEO, who has no idea how to grow the company other than to copy competing tech companies' business models.
- bgnn 2y ago
  She's not a tech CEO. Comes from Unilever and only reason she's there is Logitech isn't growing since covid boom.
  - ksec 2y ago
    Either way she is not a good CEO in my book. Should never have even said it in the first place. How does one from Unilever landed a job at a Tech / Consumer Electronic company.
    - metabolian 2y ago
      Nepotism, probably through board connections if I had to guess without researching.
JohnFen 2y ago
> The ‘forever mouse’ is not an actual or planned product, but a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities for more sustainable consumer electronics. In other words, the "forever mouse" was just the CEO riffing on a direction that Logitech absolutely plans on going in, but that specific one wasn't on the planning charts yet.
- cyanydeez 2y ago
  Aka, we need marketing to figure out how to counter the negative perception we absolutely know this thing will generate
- HocusLocus 2y ago
  It was lingual vandalism against the word 'forever' and our positive connotations of it. Language is under siege. Resist.
sheepscreek 2y ago
It's called "leasing". A mouse is too cheap to be leased though. I can see the case for expensive tech a hypothetical sophisticated maglev gaming keyboard. Or a very high quality expensive streaming camera, in the same league a top-tier brand like Sony or Fujifilm. IMO, nothing they make right now would fit the bill. It would have to be a new product with expensive tech that makes it superior to anything out there in it's league.
sschueller 2y ago
A CEO that came from the fashion industry is the wrong pick for a technology company IMO. Apple removed ports and physical buttons to favor design over functionality only to bring them back years later.
karunamurti 2y ago
I'm just going to buy mouse with replaceable switch. I think it's going to stay forever. I know it's anecdotal, but all of Logitech mouses that I bought have problems quickly, e.g. the clicky switch or the mouse wheel sensor. As if it's made with planned obsolescence.
- XajniN 2y ago
  Just turn it off and blow in it. They use some plastics combination that causes buildup of static electricity.
gnabgib 2y ago
Related Logitech has an idea for a "forever mouse" that requires a subscription (52 points, 7 days ago, 54 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41112273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41112273

27 points by mgiannopoulos 2y ago

They ran it up the flagpole. Got fingers rather than salutes.

> a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities Is that a corporate slang for “how can these suckers pay us more without us giving them anything new?”

mystified5016 2y ago
That pretty much sums up the current capitalist zeitgeist
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]

fullshark 2y ago

A peek into the internal thinking of a tech CEO, who has no idea how to grow the company other than to copy competing tech companies' business models.

bgnn 2y ago
She's not a tech CEO. Comes from Unilever and only reason she's there is Logitech isn't growing since covid boom.
- ksec 2y ago
  Either way she is not a good CEO in my book. Should never have even said it in the first place. How does one from Unilever landed a job at a Tech / Consumer Electronic company.
  - metabolian 2y ago
    Nepotism, probably through board connections if I had to guess without researching.

JohnFen 2y ago

> The ‘forever mouse’ is not an actual or planned product, but a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities for more sustainable consumer electronics. In other words, the "forever mouse" was just the CEO riffing on a direction that Logitech absolutely plans on going in, but that specific one wasn't on the planning charts yet.

cyanydeez 2y ago
Aka, we need marketing to figure out how to counter the negative perception we absolutely know this thing will generate
HocusLocus 2y ago
It was lingual vandalism against the word 'forever' and our positive connotations of it. Language is under siege. Resist.

sheepscreek 2y ago

It's called "leasing". A mouse is too cheap to be leased though. I can see the case for expensive tech a hypothetical sophisticated maglev gaming keyboard. Or a very high quality expensive streaming camera, in the same league a top-tier brand like Sony or Fujifilm. IMO, nothing they make right now would fit the bill. It would have to be a new product with expensive tech that makes it superior to anything out there in it's league.

sschueller 2y ago

A CEO that came from the fashion industry is the wrong pick for a technology company IMO. Apple removed ports and physical buttons to favor design over functionality only to bring them back years later.

karunamurti 2y ago

I'm just going to buy mouse with replaceable switch. I think it's going to stay forever. I know it's anecdotal, but all of Logitech mouses that I bought have problems quickly, e.g. the clicky switch or the mouse wheel sensor. As if it's made with planned obsolescence.

XajniN 2y ago
Just turn it off and blow in it. They use some plastics combination that causes buildup of static electricity.

gnabgib 2y ago

Related Logitech has an idea for a "forever mouse" that requires a subscription (52 points, 7 days ago, 54 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41112273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41112273