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Logitech Considers 'Forever Mouse' With Subscription Fee
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I own three Logitech mice and used one to click on this story, but I can say with absolute and complete certainty that if Logitech charged anything for its software, it would be too much, and I'd use SteerMouse instead.
Their drivers are quite literally the worst piece of software I use on a regular basis at home. The Logitech driver on my desktop fails constantly when switching users--every time I sit down at the computer after my significant other was using it, I need to manually restart the driver just so I can scroll.
And it's been that way for years through dozens of software updates.
The worst part? This is an improvement--it was actually more crash-prone before, and at least now the Logi app will offer to restart the driver if it's not responding, although you still need to open it manually to get it to do that.
Before, I just kept an Activity Monitor window open and filtered for "Logi" so I could force quit the driver constantly, and before that even force quitting the background process wouldn't fix it and I actually needed to reboot. Go back a bit farther, and I had actually given up using a Logitech mouse entirely for a while because the software caused so many random glitches it was literally unusable.
But yeah, tell me about how I should pay a subscription fee for a mouse driver that doesn't reliably drive a mouse, and if the past 15 years of track record are any indication, never will.
Logitech hardware has bee quite good (apart from the lack of USBC dongles) for a long time, but their software has always sucked.
Their drivers are quite literally the worst piece of software I use on a regular basis at home. The Logitech driver on my desktop fails constantly when switching users--every time I sit down at the computer after my significant other was using it, I need to manually restart the driver just so I can scroll.
And it's been that way for years through dozens of software updates.
The worst part? This is an improvement--it was actually more crash-prone before, and at least now the Logi app will offer to restart the driver if it's not responding, although you still need to open it manually to get it to do that.
Before, I just kept an Activity Monitor window open and filtered for "Logi" so I could force quit the driver constantly, and before that even force quitting the background process wouldn't fix it and I actually needed to reboot. Go back a bit farther, and I had actually given up using a Logitech mouse entirely for a while because the software caused so many random glitches it was literally unusable.
But yeah, tell me about how I should pay a subscription fee for a mouse driver that doesn't reliably drive a mouse, and if the past 15 years of track record are any indication, never will.
Logitech hardware has bee quite good (apart from the lack of USBC dongles) for a long time, but their software has always sucked.
Gonna go against the grain here. I think this is an interesting idea.
I've already spent a ton of money and time buying all kinds of input devices and configuring them until they're just right to help me be more productive. My current mouse has over 20 different macros programmed into it. I use it like a function keypad that just happens to also be a mouse.
I'm never going to be wild about anything on the subscription model, but if you create an input device that's so powerful that even a handful of people would be willing to pay monthly for, it'll have to be something paradigm shifting that's beyond most people's imagination. I'd be interested in that.
If we're just talking about a mouse with more metal parts that you can rent... nah, but I don't think that's what they're getting at.
I've already spent a ton of money and time buying all kinds of input devices and configuring them until they're just right to help me be more productive. My current mouse has over 20 different macros programmed into it. I use it like a function keypad that just happens to also be a mouse.
I'm never going to be wild about anything on the subscription model, but if you create an input device that's so powerful that even a handful of people would be willing to pay monthly for, it'll have to be something paradigm shifting that's beyond most people's imagination. I'd be interested in that.
If we're just talking about a mouse with more metal parts that you can rent... nah, but I don't think that's what they're getting at.
Btw, buy a Cat instead of a Mouse, and you don't have to do a lot of work.
Cat's LOVE to sleep on keyboards.
Cat's LOVE to sleep on keyboards.
Can confirm. I’m on my second MX Anywhere 3, with both having developed the dreaded double-clicking in less than two years. And I don’t even game with it.
It’s one of their more higher-end products, that costs considerably more than the average $26 spend quoted by here.
We need an uprising against the Subscription Model. We cannot let these corporations continue to pillage our wallets like this.
Apple should count the number of times our fingers touch our iPads/Phones and subscribe our fingers touches/taps.
Just sayin….
Tom
Can't wait until I can buy a cracked/hacked Intellimouse-s+ that receives infinite upgrades for free.
Logitech; here’s an idea - keep releasing new, compelling hardware and I will keep *buying* the new hardware. I will not buy subbed hardware.
Just sayin….
Tom
Can't wait until I can buy a cracked/hacked Intellimouse-s+ that receives infinite upgrades for free.
Logitech; here’s an idea - keep releasing new, compelling hardware and I will keep *buying* the new hardware. I will not buy subbed hardware.
I remember those coming out, back then, as the support guy at 18, I got myself one, very quickly the whole building wanted them.I have used these for 20 years and I cannot find a more comfortable mouse. The first one became faulty after about 14 years of continual use. I purchased another for £9 which is what sits on my desk today. A subscription mouse sounds horrendous.
Leave no stone unturned in the constant quest to look for and squeeze value from consumers for shareholders.
