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[-] sag@lemm.ee 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

WTF Subscription for Hardware. Bruh

[-] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 months ago

I know people who voluntarily chose to pay a subscription fee to Google for their doorbell.

[-] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago

I could almost see that for highly specialized expensive hardwareyou don't need longterm.

A mouse is not that. Who the hell is subscribing to a mouse. Not some kind of monthly mouse subscription for people really into them, but just the right to keep using the one mouse you have. That is insane.

[-] gueybana@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago

Cars have been doing this for a while now

[-] roux@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

We in the endgame now friend.

[-] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 months ago

"Hey everyone, we found an upgrade to planned obsolescence: we call it planned obsolescence 2.0. Instead of designing hardware to break and require replacing after a few years, we'll design the software to break every month! We'll say it's an upgrade. It'll reduce our material costs and we can pass those savings on to the shareholder."

[-] SpookyGenderCommunist@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I bought a Logitech mouse that lasted me well over a decade. That little trooper only finally gave out a few years ago. That's the only kind of forever mouse that I need.

[-] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 months ago

G5 was perfect. The fact they make a new version every couple of years and every one is worse than the last, instead of simply keep making G5, is so telling.

[-] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

miku-gun subscription based services xi-gun

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Consider this: i buy mice from AliExpress for 8 PLN and they aren't much worse and more reliable than the fuckshit from Logitech or other Razer which cost 300 PLN.

Addendum: i have heavy hands for mouse and keyboard (and i'm actually old enough to learn typing on a mechanical typewriter which certainly didn't help) so i destroy them pretty fast and if one or another can last more than a year, it's good enough in my book. The expensive ones certainly can't last more then the cheapest ones.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 3 months ago

lol PKD predicted late stage capitalism in Ubik pretty accurately

[-] words_number@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago

Maybe they should first start producing mice again that are usable at all (without getting RSI from just looking at them from a distance).

[-] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Subscriptions will be the death of me, I will have to start pirating like all the shit I watch just to afford a fast food meal like once a week smh

[-] words_number@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe they should first start producing mice again that are usable at all (without getting RSI from just looking at them from a distance).

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