I think Faber saw HP's "subscription ink" idea and wondered if she could come up with an even worse idea. And why would a mouse need continuous driver updates? It's not as though it's a video card that needs optimizations for new games.
CEO Speedruns Ruining Your Company's Reputation, Any%: New Logitech CEO Floats "Subscription Mice" Idea
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I think Faber saw HP's "subscription ink" idea and wondered if she could come up with an even worse idea. And why would a mouse need continuous driver updates? It's not as though it's a video card that needs optimizations for new games.
Lots of the newer gaming ones have some inbuilt software to control the RGB, profile switching and DPI and shit. Drivers are probably involved at some point although given it’s all generic USB PnP stuff I’d be hard pressed to say where.
But that’s beside the point of this rampaging stupidity. And I’m sure Razer and Corsair just felt a disturbance in the Force. As thousands of mice were suddenly just purchased.
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I mean, harsh but fair. I’ve generally had good luck with them but it can be a total crapshoot.
I have never in my life replaced a mouse because of outdated drivers. Only because of mechanical failures. But that whole idea does not even include repair/replacement for wear and tear, it is just about the software they have to update anyway to keep selling mice.
But then again she is comparing it to a Rolex. So fair point. If i want to waste money for stupid status symbols and bragging rights without any added value, i could. But the chances that this mouse will achieve the required brand recognition is miniscule.
But then again she is comparing it to a Rolex. So fair point. If i want to waste money for stupid status symbols and bragging rights without any added value, i could. But the chances that this mouse will achieve the required brand recognition is miniscule.
I purchased a logitech trackball in 1995. It finally gave out and I had to replace it in 2015. I miss that trackball, but I'm also pretty sure the design wasn't good for my hand and wrist as I developed some issues with tendonitis. I haven't been able to find one exactly like it (and that's ultimately probably for the better.) It had an index finger trackball, and thumb right click. And the common trackball design these days are all thumb trackballs.
Anyway, it was like the equivalent of about $25 today when I bought it. It lasted 20 years with only occasional maintenance. I understand that customers purchasing something, paying for it once, at a low price, and keeping it for 20 years before needing to replace it... isn't the best product model for company growth.
But F#(% them.
What I want is a mouse/trackball/peripheral that isn't overpriced, that I only have to pay for once, that lasts a reasonably long time. And the company that sells that product, gets my business. I guess I don't begrudge a company that wants to sell an expensive product and charge periodic fees for its upkeep. But that's not a product I'll buy, until this hardware as a service nonsense catches on and there isn't a choice.
Anyway, it was like the equivalent of about $25 today when I bought it. It lasted 20 years with only occasional maintenance. I understand that customers purchasing something, paying for it once, at a low price, and keeping it for 20 years before needing to replace it... isn't the best product model for company growth.
But F#(% them.
What I want is a mouse/trackball/peripheral that isn't overpriced, that I only have to pay for once, that lasts a reasonably long time. And the company that sells that product, gets my business. I guess I don't begrudge a company that wants to sell an expensive product and charge periodic fees for its upkeep. But that's not a product I'll buy, until this hardware as a service nonsense catches on and there isn't a choice.
As I've come to find with a lot of personal experience with mice and keyboards... anything "gamer" oriented is usually pretty crap and doesn't last as long as their price point suggests they should. Most of my productivity and general purpose oriented peripherals have lasted much longer without fault by comparison. Granted, it's entirely anecdotal. But I find the gap of quality with typical gamer gear compared to equivalent productivity peripherals is, in my experience, pretty wide.
My Logitech MX Keys Mini and MX Vertical have run fantastic for the time I've had them, thankfully
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I think there’s also a case to be made for how heavy use affects the outcome. Sure a productivity mouse will see lots of use but it won’t have its switches hammered nearly as much as a gaming one will. It’s why you get survivorship bias for the cheap shit packaged with the off the shelf Dell PC most businesses use.
Very true, and that's definitely a fair point on a broader spectrum.
But at the same time, that's the weird thing for my experience... because I don't PC game a whole lot, if at all. I usually picked a gaming mouse for the extra mouse button utility and ergonomics compared to a regular basic mouse. Even as I used a MX Master 3 and then an MX Vertical my usage for those and all gaming mice previously had very similar use cases, and yet my gaming mice were the ones to develop scroll wheel or button faults, have software bugs, among other issues over time, far faster than the productivity counterparts. I'm not sure how to explain why that was.
Perhaps a similar argument could be made that the more complex something is, the higher the chances are that something will develop faults or break, and that a simple productivity mouse has a higher chance of surviving for a long time with that benefit alone