Logitech CEO lays out the potential future of the mouse and keyboard. Logitech is working on a forever mouse that has a subscription-based model.

During a recent episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber shed some possible insight into the company’s view on one of its most important products. Saying that “the mouse built this house,” Faber shares the planning behind a Forever Mouse, a premium product that the company hopes will be the last you ever have to buy. There’s also a discussion about a subscription-based service and a deeper focus on AI.

For now, details on a Forever Mouse are thin, but you better believe there will be a catch. The Instant Pot was a product so good that customers rarely needed to buy another one. The company went bankrupt.

  • partial_accumenEnglish
    40•1 month ago

    But they need to convince me that the subscription is worthwhile!

    They’ll remove any mice from the market that doesn’t have a subscription model and others will follow suit.

    Future mouse DLC: “Special promotion! $5 discount on unlocking right mouse button!”

    • @TheEighthDoctorEnglish
      27•1 month ago

      They’ll remove any mice from the market that doesn’t have a subscription model and others will follow suit.

      Good luck with removing aliexpress mice from the market

      • @AbidanYreEnglish
        27•1 month ago

        I doubt the open source options will be adopting this strategy either.

        I have a ploopy trackball and love it.

          • @AbidanYreEnglish
            1•1 month ago

            I use a left handed one, so I can’t really comment on most ergonomic computer accessories.

        • BeardedBlazeEnglish
          0•1 month ago

          If they only had a thumb trackball…

            • BeardedBlazeEnglish
              3•1 month ago

              Dang phone, not sure how I missed it. Thanks! Although oof on the price… Another poster mentioned elecom, they have a quite the variety of thumb trackballs, think I’ll buy few of those for the price of one ploopy: https://elecomusa.com/collections/trackball Edit:spelling

              • @AbidanYreEnglish
                3•1 month ago

                True, they are expensive. But it’s one of the very few left-handed, ergonomic mice/trackballs I’ve ever found.