Technology

it was these keycaps: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001681753913.html

Came with the wrong size space, so had to order a smaller in (not shown in the pic), which isn't listed on Ali anymore.

I made an RMA request for a Logitech universal remote within 10 min of opening the package. I got to the part of mandatory Logitech account/app download and noped it right back to the vendor.

Oh I have a Forever Mouse. Bought a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical in 2001 or so. Still works. Use it with my Raspberry Pi sometimes. Also bought another Microsoft wireless laptop mouse like a decade ago. Still works just fine.

...The Logitech mouse that I bought against my better judgement in 2020 is starting to show signs of fatigue.

Also how the everliving hell do you add AI to input devices? Are they just going to guess what I'm pointing at?

There's one way subscription-based hardware might be a good idea: it would motivate the companies to focus on quality and repairability, because they would be the ones who have to deal with that stuff. Unless of course if the EULA of such hardware is complete shit. Which of course it will be.

I think it's time to stop with subscription bullshit.

I understand that they prefer that, but it quickly becomes the only purpose fulfilled by these devices which is not fulfilled by more normal ones, while the main purposes suffer, looking closer to an excuse.

Also the argument of businesses going bankrupt when something is done too well - that's by design. Progress works via removing bottlenecks one after another. Businesses which were located at those bottlenecks die. It's fine, the society doesn't need them anymore. Management and employees have mostly transferable skills and experience. If they earn less, then maybe their work is worth less, since the business failed. Investors lose money, and that's fine, it's the purpose of investment - judge wisely and win, judge poorly and lose.

It still irritates me how sometimes socialist-minded people say that it's bad that in capitalism businesses (and whole industries) fail, and this should be fixed, but then blame capitalism for the results of preventing businesses (or whole industries) from failing.

I have internalized all the leftist arguments heard here, some are fundamentally and practically very true, but sometimes fixing the thing you have would yield results just as good or better as looking for that better thing you don't know where.

OK, I've diverted from the point.

Somehow businesses making nails and screwdrivers don't complain about making too good a screwdriver. Because, well, the good screwdriver still dies after sometime, and the amount of people who need tools grows, yadda-yadda.

This should work the same way in computing, but hype-scamming customers is such a norm there, that doing business the normal way seems the way to bankruptcy to them. They should all fail. We are doing - for the real-life useful output, not for FLOPS and IOPS, - just a bit more than in 90s, but for orders of magnitude bigger cost.

Logitech already offers a forever mouse for many years: G502. There is noting more to add to a perfect and lasting mouse.

And now they want to reinvent the wheel? Sounds like this is already going wrong.

Considering I've only ever bought a new mouse with an old one broke, and therefore did not work at all, I can't foresee any possible reason to buy one of these things. Unless they're made of fucking titanium with and have an 80-year power supply. In which case they probably cost like $200 and I'm still going to just go buy one for 10ish bucks because I can always replace it in a few years if necessary and it's still cheaper.

Oh wow I never wanted to stop buying Logitech before. I guess there's a first time for everything. Fuck this noise.

Weird, I've had my mouse practically forever and it works just fine. I guess I better throw it in the trash so I can jump on this subscription based opportunity.

So its a 'Forever Mouse' as long I 'Forever Pay'

Weird, because I'm pretty sure all other mice can be used forever, as long as they don't break.

Reminder that getting a subscription service means moving away from something you buy occasionally to something you pay forever

Who here uses the vendor supplied software with their mouse?

In my experience it's almost entirely useless, except for remapping buttons maybe.

You're supposed to get fucked and enjoy it.