Logitech Subscription Mouse Not Happening

[Zema Bus]

At least for now.

“There are no plans for a subscription mouse,” said Logitech communications head Nicole Kenyon in a statement provided to The Verge and other publications.

The statement came in response to immediate backlash over a concept described by Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber, who shared her company’s early concept of a “forever mouse” with Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel on the Decoder podcast. Faber described the potential mouse as a high-quality, software-enabled mouse that lasts as long as a good wristwatch.

“The forever mouse, I think, is one of the things that we’d like to get to,” said Faber at the time. The ensuing outcry around the idea that Logitech might be planning to make you pay monthly for a common computer peripheral was fierce.

Now, Kenyon writes in response to inaccurate reports about the interview, Logitech’s stance is that “the mouse mentioned is not an actual or planned product but a peek into provocative internal thinking on future possibilities for more sustainable consumer electronics.”

(This was actually Logitech’s second statement to try and mitigate confusion from Faber’s comments. The first was to assure customers of its smart home cameras that it wasn’t discontinuing them, as Faber’s comments on the podcast implied.)

Subscription fatigue is real. Companies that provide ongoing software support for products such as mice and keyboards clearly need to fund that, but “a subscription model” can’t be the default response for every CEO looking for new revenue streams.

From theverge.com

[Grogan]

I heard about that. I'm surprised the cunts aren't trying to charge per mouse click. (If you want the right click button to work, that'll be an extra $9.95/month)

It wasn't that far fetched, because of ink subscriptions, even PC subscriptions (e.g. NZXT rentals that keep you in upgraded hardware). I'm glad it was bollocks though... what's next, if you don't pay up they come and scrape off your rented CPU paste? lol

I was only renting that mayonnaise... barrrffff,