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Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They cover the mouse in soft touch plastic that turns to glue in 5 years

This is my pet peeve of modern electronics in general. Even my $3000 work-supplied Dell laptop is coated in this soft touch material that will inevitably turn into a gooey mess after a few years 🤦‍♂️

Also own a second-hand tablet computer that feels disgusting and sticky to hold because the soft touch coating has degraded so badly on it 😭

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I fixed a bunch of ThinkPad laptops that were turning into sticky messes, I put a movie on, used a whole bunch of goo off and stripped all of the sticky plastic off of the devices. Now they feel great