Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoLogitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down11
arrow-up1422arrow-down1external-linkLogitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square145fedilink
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minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoHow? Is the mouse reliant on their servers to operate?
minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoHow are they bricking it? Is that something that other Logitech vertical mouse owners need to worry about?
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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoThat’s not them bricking it though. Yes it’s shitty build quality, but that is an entirely different issue than them bricking equipment that still is very much functional from a HW perspective.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPersonally, I see planned obsolescence as the same thing. It’s all to force you to buy new stuff whether you want to or not.
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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYeah no you’re just using the wrong words to describe your issue.
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minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAh, well, if you’ve got an hour and are fairly handy…
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How? Is the mouse reliant on their servers to operate?
How are they bricking it? Is that something that other Logitech vertical mouse owners need to worry about?
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That’s not them bricking it though. Yes it’s shitty build quality, but that is an entirely different issue than them bricking equipment that still is very much functional from a HW perspective.
Personally, I see planned obsolescence as the same thing. It’s all to force you to buy new stuff whether you want to or not.
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Yeah no you’re just using the wrong words to describe your issue.
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Ah, well, if you’ve got an hour and are fairly handy…
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Ploopy time!