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		Tsubasachan on May 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 20 Years Ago, Microsoft introduced its optical mou... Prices have gone down though. You can buy a Logitech mouse for €25 including shipping. For such a price replacing it every year isn't a big deal.

rasz on May 9, 2019 [–]

Even hiend mice fail at alarming rates currently, all due to OMRON being forced by their clients (microsoft/logitech/razer/steelseries/benq) to open factory in China. Price difference between Japanese made switch and Chinese was always maybe $.5 per switch. Today you dont even have choice of better quality.

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