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  • my conspiracy theory is that HP just kills mice that are alive for too long

    HP is that kind of company.

    My right-out-of-warranty Logitech M590 mouse lost its pairing to its USB-receiver upon booting up Windows after using the mouse in Linux for weeks out-of-warranty. I bought another one, and that too did the same the first time I booted up Windows after the warranty had expired.

    Finally I searched the issue, and it’s normal. I had to install a non-default Logitech software in Windows and re-pair the apparently broken mice to their receivers. Both mice work again, except the older one’s left button is acting up a bit.

    A non-asshole company would have notified me “Your mouse receiver needs an update that requires re-pairing the connection manually. Do you want to continue the update?”. And why the hell would a mouse receiver need an update when the warranty ends?

    Obviously the purpose is to make the mouse appear broken with plausible deniability and bluff the customer into buying a new mouse.












  • Ford Model T came with a complete manual for disassembly, maintenance, and repair. It made a generation of Americans fluent in mechanics who then went on to win World War II, to the Moon, and higher up skyscrapers than ever.

    “Learn this as a child:”

    “Do this as an adult:”

    Never again. Right to repair doesn’t do much when the manual is so expensive only brand-dedicated repair shops can afford it.