is Logitech known for this? Not this exactly, I get that it’s a meme, but enshitification in general? I have a Logitech mouse and haven’t experienced anything that’s particularly money hungry other than the initial pricing and I think a twitch popup or something stupid
Logitech “floated” the idea of subscription mouses (aka: tried to see how bad the market resistance would be). They want to do it so bad.
the mere process of presenting such an idea to the internet was enough to make me never buy logi-junk again
It’s OK you’re not missing anything, the last three Logitech mice I had died to switch failure in like 6 months so they’re not worth buying anyway
Which is sad. I liked the hardware I’ve had from them, but I haven’t bought new in a few years. The mouse has treated me much better than Razers I’ve had over the years. Sad that their quality has (predictably) started circling the drain as well.
Also, what mouse or brand do you recommend buying instead?
I just love the roccat kone aimo because I have lumberjack hands and every other mouse is just too small. Sadly their left click gets used quite rapidly, nothing crazy IMO but it’s a shame tossing an expensive mouse just for that (and losing the click or double clicking drives you crazy quickly, ha ha!) so I bought some microswitches from aliexpress and swapped them out in both of my mice. Fiddly but works perfectly now!
That was gonna be my rec too. I bought a Kone and it’s been an amazing mouse for me.
Yeah it irritates me that the sensors always go so soon. You’d think the tech would advance past this, but it’s been a complaint for years at this point.
Got my little pouch of microswitches for the forseable future :-)
For what I found, it’s like they all use the same switches too 🤷🏼♀️
I like their hardware too, I still have an ancient pair of g200 headphones with mic that still work great. I use it regularly. But their mice peripherals have fallen tf off.
Like Valmond recommend I went to a Roccat mouse - they’re a less well known Japanese brand. I’ve had mine for over two and a half years and it’s been amazing.
Yeah this was a thing until we “learned” that it was was just a big miss understanding…that Miss was big. To my understanding, they leaked something said during a management meeting where they say it was a hilarious joke… But we all agree it wasn’t.
If the Corsair harpoon was a subscription service. I’d pay for it.
Nah, I already got the 24,99 family plan that includes 500 premium clicks every month. I just hope they don’t follow through with their crackdown on account sharing.
What do those premium clicks do?
When you click a button it’s actually two events, a button down and a button up. That is how you are able to grab something and move it, by clicking and holding and then later releasing.
Premium clicks include both the button down and button up events. Non-premium clicks are button down only.
idk I’ve been thinking about getting the standard plan. 10k clicks isn’t much, but If i quit Leauge, then I think i can get by. And I can’t stand the ad supported basic tier anymore. I can’t take one more ad for that crypto exchange
It is often fun choosing to read “clicks” as “dicks” due to how similar they look. Imagin’ you getting 10,000’s of dicks via LoL every month.
10,000 dicks a month from lol is rookie numbers, honestly.
In a row??
What will Premium Plus get for me?
I’d just get a mouse that doesn’t have this bullshit before paying for this. I’ll buy used if needed. I’m not subscribing to a fucking mouse.
It’s a meme now. Give it a few years and it’ll be more than a meme.
One man’s meme is another monster’s inspiration
Drink a can of Monster to continue clicking
Stand up and clap to end the commercial
Vim users: *entirely unaffected*
They won’t even see the ad because they can’t get out of Vim.
“I can get out anytime I want, I just like it here” - vim user
This is close enough to reality that I’m irritated.
Close enough? Ma dude, Logitech really wanted to do this shit, but has to backpedal after getting massive flak.
Quickest way to make me DIY my own mouse.
I didn’t believe you so I googled it and you are correct. For fuck sake…
It’s reminding me of the 3rd party utility apps on the Apple Store.
They seem to have ditched “limited features for free” in favour of “nothing at all until you subscribe, first 7 days free”
How do I click an option when my clicks are already used up? 🤔
The mouse works only in upgrade windows
You need to buy another mouse to achieve it of course.
Tab over to it and hit Enter
hits TAB
New window appears saying I am out of key presses and to select a payment option
Better hope you don’t run out of screen minutes.
We bringing back anytime minutes
Your CPU will soon run out of available clock cycles for this subscription period. Please purchase additional clock cycles, or upgrade to the unlimited plan for only $299 per month.
well then you’re just a deadbeat user aren’t you? did you forget to pay for your gpu fan spins too? you’re gonna cause a fire, you irresponsible broke-ass dummy.
I’ve managed to pay under $20 for all I can click mice. They last more than a year typically. Even with tariffs, I’m getting a chinese mouse, and y’all can f the f off.
I see you’re getting a subpar keyboard rate
Business idea: The mouse manufacturers play the middle man in the click economy. Users can add an extra “click safety” package for $3,99/month, which prevents them from clicking on ads/misleading content. “Good” and “ethical” advertisers can get in touch with the “business communication” office of the mouse manufacturers to buy exception deals, because “their ads are okay”
It’s not real right???
Capitalism breeds innovation right? That’s what we’re being spoon fed?
It’s a good thing that market is so saturated that there’d always be a cheap uncomplicated mouse with all your features, unless you’re some sort of MMO mouse person.
That said, a company can probably still sell this to the government with enough lobbying. Those chumps love wasting cash on subscriptions they don’t need (looking at you, Adobe Cloud).
That’s why they’ll make it so Windows requires your mouse to have official Microsoft drivers for compatibility.
Hahaha, Windows, lol.
The lack of close button makes me believe this is not true.
