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

&gt; 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.<p>In other words, the &quot;forever mouse&quot; was just the CEO riffing on a direction that Logitech absolutely plans on going in, but that specific one wasn&#x27;t on the planning charts yet.

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&#x27; business models.

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

It&#x27;s called &quot;leasing&quot;. A mouse is too cheap to be leased though.<p>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.<p>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&#x27;s league.

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

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

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I&#x27;m just going to buy mouse with replaceable switch. I think it&#x27;s going to stay forever.<p>I know it&#x27;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&#x27;s made with planned obsolescence.