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In my experience, mice don't really break since optical tracking replaced rollerballs.
What does happen is that the exterior gets grody and the glidepads wear out.
A true "forever mouse" would be one where the stuff that gets worn out is easy to clean or replace. Ideally the tracking unit itself can be replaced, although that might be excessive.
For Logitech to produce a mouse like this, however, would require them to make a multi-decade commitment to supply parts and specs, which is basically just a cost sink in today's world.
Tracer Sniper was the best mouse ever made. It lasted me a decade until one day the sensor just passed away into the night.
I then replaced three mice in the past ~5 years, each and every single one of them because the wheel broke (either the middle click or the scroll)