Jose J. Fernández<p>Did you ever want a computer mouse that respects your <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a>? A mouse that didn't force you to buy a new one, just because a switch failed?</p><p>Meet Ploopy: <a href="https://ploopy.co/mouse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ploopy.co/mouse/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>A fully open source, open hardware, repairable, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DYI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DYI</span></a> friendly, <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> friendly, printable computer mouse made by 2 guys in Canada, that costs up to CAD$ 140, roughly 90 €.</p><p>Meet its authors:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PKL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PKL</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pronk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pronk</span></a></span> </p><p>But this highlights a sad truth: these two guys in a first world country can send you a fully working mouse with so many good things and without the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> for the same price as multinational megacorpos that manufacture cheaply in Asia, even though most likely, the cost-per-unit is at least an order of magnitude higher for Plooply than for the shitty-build mice in the market.</p>