Logitech went coocoo a while ago… But since they’ve put motherfucking ads in their driver (I have never ever thought i would say such a bizarre thing) I’ve thrown away my lg-stuff and replaced it. After like 20yrs of brand-loyalty. Ads…in…a…driver…which already sucked ass since the switch to lg-hub. Ugh.
How do they manage that? Like where do the ads actually display?
They silently install Logitech Download Assistant through Windows Update as soon as you plug a logitech device in.
Then you get a an ad to download their software as a popup message by the clock.
Since I saw it on a work machine pre pandemic, I have boycotted Logitech, I now mainly use Pulsar mice and Ducky Keyboards.
Oh, so this is the person that is responsible for Logitech’s decline.
She came in too late for that. The people responsible hire people like her.
Hanneke Faber became CEO of Logitech on December 1, 2023, after leaving her role as group president at Unilever. Since joining the Swiss peripheral manufacturer, Faber has attracted attention for her unconventional ideas about how personal technology should evolve – often with a focus on benefiting shareholders and companies first.
Faber is now best known for proposing the so-called “Forever Mouse” concept – a device with constantly evolving firmware features built on base hardware that customers would purchase only once. According to Faber, users would happily pay monthly or annual subscriptions to access these software-based upgrades. However, no concrete business plans have yet been announced to bring the idea to market.
Regarding pricing, the CEO compared the mouse to a Rolex watch and the software to Logitech’s video conferencing business. A paid subscription is possible, but Faber offered no further details.
What 😄
How is a person so out of touch?
Read her bio page at Logitech. Looks like she got into a leader role because she previously had a leader role. She is in the best case some CEO who brings “value” to a company trough enshittification, but she has zero background relevant to computers, software, hardware or peripheral.
I don’t see how she would have first hand experience with her product line and create better products.
The same reason she thinks that AI should be in meetings…to bad she could be replaced by AI and nothing of value was lost…
Why pay a big salary to the CEO when you can have chatgpt as your CEO for only $20 a month?
$20? Just ask without logging in.
RIP Logitech, no longer my go-to.
she suggests that every board meeting should include an AI bot – and perhaps, in the not-so-distant future, replace the entire board with bots altogether
She’s got a point though
Won’t she be shocked when the AI board replaces her with an AI too
these people are too egocentric to conceive of something like that
