Post #55653
2025-12-12 06:24 UTC
I think there are a lot of things that are behind subscriptions that you do not realize. One example is computer mice.
They use switches that are only rated for a certain number of clicks before they stop working.
I was going through mice about once every 18 months. I decided to learn to soldier and just replace the switches once they broke.
I found that the switched in the $100 Logitech mouse I bought were only rated for 5 or 10 million clicks. The switch they use can be purchased in a 70 million version. Why didn’t they use that from the start?
I ended up repairing 3 mice and have a lot of extra switches sitting in a bit at home.
Replies (7)
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@pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2025-12-12 06:33
Yo wtf
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@0_0j@lemmy.world 2025-12-12 06:56
TIL something totally new. Thank you
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@HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 2025-12-12 07:18
planned obsolescence ≠ subscription
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@janus2@lemmy.zip 2025-12-12 07:18
you can be the mouse fixer of the friend group. trade fixed mice for casseroles and rides to the airport
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@bobo@lemmy.ml 2025-12-12 07:32
Meanwhile I’m on my second Logitech in 15-20 years.
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@BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2025-12-12 07:47
This seems like a ridiculously loose use of the word subscription. Would you say you subscribe to 700km worth of fuel in your car, subscribe to light bulbs in your house, subscribe to your pencil that is getting slowly worn down with each use?
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@hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-12 12:46
5,000,000 / (1.5 x 365.25) = 9,126.169 You’re clicking your mouse 9000 times a day? Every day for 1.5 years?