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.

  • @AbidanYre
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    4 months ago

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

    I have a ploopy trackball and love it.

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        4 months ago

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

    • BeardedBlaze
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      04 months ago

      If they only had a thumb trackball…

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          4 months 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

          • @AbidanYre
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            34 months ago

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