The Logitech subscription "forever" mouse

[John Gray]

I came upon this concept with some incredulity; you may be interested in the 10½ minute video presented by an affable chap.

[ChrisGreaves]

I came upon this concept with some incredulity; you may be interested in the 10½ minute video presented by an affable chap.

Several points in Logitech's favour:

1. TV used to be WiFi, now it is cable - BY SUBSCRIPTION - and folks here pay for what used to be free on the air. It seems to be the trend, so it makes sense for Logitech to switch from a WiFi model to a model attached to the computers with a cable, and make them pay for the service.

2. Software upgrades are the bane of MY life, forcing me to buy a new laptop with Win11 just do I can run Office 2003, or there again, Office 2024. If Microsoft software upgrades - even 'though they are just bigger tail-fins - can force people to buy new hardware, why shouldn't Logitech benefit from this marketing scam?

3. Hanneke Faber may well be bright. She is, after all, female! I'll bet a year's subscription on Eileen's Lounge that this mouse thing is just an audience distraction while she desperately scrabbles to get her "Forever CEO" concept heirborne.

4. Mouse software can gather data, especially the distance traveled per period. That means that Logitech can offer statistics to users in the form of MPG (Metres Per Grab) which Texans can easily interpret as Miles Per Grab without us needing to offer any explanations or education.

5. I remember in the mid-seventies at the S.A.I.T. campus library when colour TV arrived: so many people pooh-poohed the idea as a waste of money, but by opening day they had all purchased colour TVs "Mainly because of the cricket matches". Now these were NOT people who attended cricket matches; they were librarians, after all, but we should never underestimate the power of herd mentality. I bet the idea clicks.

Unless, of course, the original article was mere click-bait, causing us to increase the wear and tear on our current mouse.

Cheers, Chris
P.S. I already have a Logitech mouse connected by cable to my laptop. C