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Logitech’s Subscription Mouse Idea Pulled Back After Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
submitted 8 months ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I hate AI being intrusive in everything, who needs a mouse button to open the AI prompt!

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But also, if you want that, loads of mice have a bunch of buttons you can assign to pretty much anything you want.

[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And none of them require a damned subscription.

[–] awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't imagine someone will actually pay monthly for a mouse

[–] don@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You underestimate people.

[–] RangerJosie@sffa.community 1 points 8 months ago

Apple could get away with this. Their cult is slavishly devoted.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Really? Anything??? Can I assign it to bring me self esteme to see myself as worthy of finding happyness? Or will I just remain the same piece of garbage I was before I bought this stupid mouse?

Ya know what? I'm just gonna sleep in the dumpster again. Hopefully this time the garbage men don't notice me, and compact it down.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I mean probably not worth the risk of messing it up, but you could have an automated IV dispense SSRIs or MDMA and then assign that to a mouse button.

There's definitely a less Rube Goldberg way of achieving the same outcome without a mouse at all though

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I have a regular old non-AI Logitech mouse and keyboard, and I'm already enjoying the benefits of Logitech AI:

[–] awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

They should rewrite it in Rust (A safe memory programming language) ...

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

I like Rust, but let's not encourage them.

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 1 points 8 months ago

In this case I think the terrible code really, as they say in fashion, completes the look

[–] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

HAY GUYS LOOK AT HOW CUSTOMERS LOVE HP AFTER THEIR SWITCH TO SUBSCRIPTION PRINTERS. WE SHOULD DO THAT TOO!

--Overheard from the Logitech C-Suite, probably