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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 309 points 1 year ago

So it sounds like they did have plans, or at least ideas, for it but are now backtracking after the 100% deserved backlash.

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 114 points 1 year ago

Yep, that's what I like to call a soft release

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago
[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 year ago

This one happened to be made of lead.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

every company brainstorms at some point and come up with a few good and a lot of bad ideas;

it doesn't make it any closer to being a reality, the only difference is that this was made public.

This idea is so bad it should not have even been brought up

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago

We have subscription services in cars now.

I'm betting it'll happen either way.

It's a fucking stupid future.

[-] seang96@spgrn.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My car has 6 or 7 subscriptions I believe? I lost count.

[-] AntY@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And this is one reason why I hate modern cars. But then again, there’s no alternative, and that sucks.

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

there's no alternative

Older cars?

[-] AntY@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe for now, but there’s fewer and fewer around. In ten-twenty years time it will be hard to find a 90s car with reasonable mileage.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly--and someone had to make the unpopular decision to announce it and weather the first round of criticisms. They also will be the first to profit from said stupid idea when they roll it out and the dumbs line up to buy it for fomo reasons or whatever

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 25 points 1 year ago

They were running it by to see if the host will accept the parasite. They will be back folks

[-] greenskye@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Some ideas are so bad you make sure they never get released

[-] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The new CEO had the beginning of an idea in an interview. The interviewer tried to push back while still keeping the interview going, but it became messy real quick.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 34 points 1 year ago

If that's the new CEO's first idea, good luck, Logitech.

Patel: I’m going to ask this very directly. Can you envision a subscription mouse?

Faber: Possibly.

[-] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was so bad Nilay Patel had to apologize (semi-seriously) about causing a news cycle about a mouse.

[-] DxK@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same thing happened earlier this year with Wendy’s new CEO. His brilliant plan to make a name for himself was rolling out dynamic pricing. After days of well deserved backlash Wendy’s had to come out and walk it back while insisting they had never planned to use this to do lunch/dinner surge pricing.

[-] pirat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Isn't that what pizzerias and such often do, though, to get more customers in throughout the day? Where I live, a pizza for lunch is often like 20-40% cheaper than a pizza for dinner, and I think that's actually alright.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They were just throwing it out to gauge reaction. They won't give up on the idea just yet.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Still 1000% have those plans, they are just going to get quiet about them externally for a bit longer now.

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