• Jajcus@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    When you pay them as long as you use the mouse, they have a business reason to keep it working as long as possible (so to use batter switches) and sending you a new one when one breaks can still be profitable for them. Software updates are less important here.

    I guess for end users it will still be cheaper and more convenient to buy a new regular mouse with a one-time payment after the previous one breaks. And that is how electro-trash piles up…

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      4 months ago

      There is a lesson in there about how we get stupid outcomes from “capitalism”