This lady seems like such a fucking idiot.
So it can log what is being said and he can secretly try to game the market!
“Look, my model makes the best stock picks because it’s so intelligent and does lots of thinking and reasoning just like a human, that’s why we need a huge data canter bigger than the one the NSA has in Utah that records all the world’s internet traffic”
Why pay a big salary to the CEO when you can have chatgpt as your CEO for only $20 a month?
$20 a month
LOFUCKINGL
Oh, so this is the person that is responsible for Logitech’s decline.
RIP Logitech, no longer my go-to.
They’ve been going downhill for years
Why though?
Bots eavesdropping? That’s a great way to see all the nerds dead silent on the mandated cam feeds except for the furious typing and occasional smirk. They’re probably working.
Guy at my last job would not speak if the Zoom was making an AI summary. He’d tell everyone up front, turn his camera off and go mute.
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 😄
Yeah, every time I use my mouse I think “man I really wish this was an subscription service!”
I’d rather have no software with my mouse than this dystopian nightmare.
How is a person so out of touch?
previous job at unilever lol
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…
sad to see I’ll never buy logitech again. gotta tell all the walmart homies not to either
Yes a subscription service for my… mouse please that sounds like an improvement.
Make all tools obtrusive lets go
I move my mouse and the cursor moves on screen. What other features is she planning to add?
An AI that moves the mouse on your screen so you don’t need to! Now you can go back to work while your mouse doom scrolls for you.
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
Let’s actually do that, because there’s a chance the AIs hallucinate the company straight into the ground.
Sounds like she’s on it already
Imagine what she can accomplish in an echo chamber, though.
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.
I think that’s only if you’re using their unifying dongle. They dropped that tech I think, not sure they replaced it.
My current Logitech mouse never bugs me, only using a generic driver.
Eh, it only showed up when I plugged it in the first time, but you can find the dll loaded even after.
It doesn’t use a lot of RAM or CPU, but for me it is the principle, don’t install software without asking me.
Drivers are another matter.
I’ve been wondering what they heck this was. I use a Logitech mouse at work and this popup is the bane of my existence. Our workstations are locked out for software downloads but I also can’t get rid of the damn popup.
It adds a dll that can’t really be uninstalled easily.
This thread has a lot of information:
https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/147661-how-remove-logitech-download-assistant.html
Right when you start it up. Right now it’s "just x their own products. But I’m sure if noone complains, it’ll broaden.
Btw, the protocols & stuff is already reverse-engineered on Linux side. Are there ported drivers (& libratbag) for Windows?
Linux is great and all (i have like 20 machines here), but i don’t care for linux in regard to gaming. I need my soundcard and sadly the stupid games with anti-cheat.
What does Logitech make that requires such a driver?
“Require” isn’t right OFC. But why would i buy one and use third party stuff that may or may not work with all features of a product?
What is it?
I know what you want to tell me. But I buy product x, y and z and want to use one singular controlling software to, well, control them…
Probably the unifying software (runs multiple peripherals on one dongle) or the solar app (kinda neat, not needed).
Tbf, they make things like sim racing equipment etc
That does not require a proprietary driver. Controller interfaces have been standardized for the last decade.
For controller sure, but bear in mind if you’re looking at something like a wheel with force feedback, and pedals with pressure sensitive response, that changes more than just button presses
Edit: to be clear I’m not defending the shit in this article in question. Just that some of the stuff they do may actually need a driver. But not everything…
Well, seemingly there must be a strong demand for „EverythingAIBullsh*t“ even in input devices in her view. Maybe the next hardware vendor who needs to be taught that customers should be heard with reason…. 🤷🏼♂️
AI in every board meeting? Oof, they’d better hurry up and invent one, then!
