Yes a subscription service for my… mouse please that sounds like an improvement.
Make all tools obtrusive lets go
Comment on Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants an AI agent in every board meeting
otter@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Hanneke Faber became CEO of Logitech on December 1, 2023, after leaving her role as group president at Unilever. Since joining the Swiss peripheral manufacturer, Faber has attracted attention for her unconventional ideas about how personal technology should evolve – often with a focus on benefiting shareholders and companies first.
Faber is now best known for proposing the so-called “Forever Mouse” concept – a device with constantly evolving firmware features built on base hardware that customers would purchase only once. According to Faber, users would happily pay monthly or annual subscriptions to access these software-based upgrades. However, no concrete business plans have yet been announced to bring the idea to market.
Regarding pricing, the CEO compared the mouse to a Rolex watch and the software to Logitech’s video conferencing business. A paid subscription is possible, but Faber offered no further details.
What 😄
Deestan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I move my mouse and the cursor moves on screen. What other features is she planning to add?
jumjummy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
An AI that moves the mouse on your screen so you don’t need to! Now you can go back to work while your mouse doom scrolls for you.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
An AI that plays ads when you are idle with the mouse.
Not moving the mouse? Time for an ad.
criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’d rather have no software with my mouse than this dystopian nightmare.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yea, their logo+ software was sending out a firmware update or something that was bricking something, so now I use my keyboard and mouse without the software.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, every time I use my mouse I think “man I really wish this was an subscription service!”
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Honestly I wouldn’t mind if a company charged like, $1/month or something reasonable like that but for some reason some asshole made it standard practice to charge $10-$15/month for literally anything and now everyone uses that as the starting point for their “services”
overload@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Maybe if they have you the mouse for free $1 a month would be reasonable. But it’s a mouse. What killer software could one be paying for for a mouse subscription.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah I was more thinking the mouse be free plus any replacements in the future.
Then you would break even after about 5 years ($60)
buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m choosing to pronounce the first part of your handle as “roog” instead of pyre. Also, have an upvote. That’s way too many downvotes for sharing an earnest opinion.
desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sad to see I’ll never buy logitech again. gotta tell all the walmart homies not to either
DevoidWisdom@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Came here to post this. This CEO has a lot of amazing ideas…
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How is a person so out of touch?
SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The same reason she thinks that AI should be in meetings…to bad she could be replaced by AI and nothing of value was lost…
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
previous job at unilever lol
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Read her bio page at Logitech. Looks like she got into a leader role because she previously had a leader role. She is in the best case some CEO who brings “value” to a company, but she has zero background relevant to computers, software, hardware or peripheral.
I don’t see how she would have first hand experience with her product line.
end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
isn’t it funny how the folks who actually study, design, and make things earn pennies compared to the C-suit gang that takes home the lion’s share for diddling with money (and kids)?