Weird, because I’m pretty sure all other mice can be used forever, as long as they don’t break.

According to the article there is a pull request which should fix it.

Why are people saying this is a hypersurveillance dystopian nightmare? Guys, you are still in public! The only difference between this and having police officers sitting there and looking is this is much cheaper and more efficient. The recordings are still being sent to a human being for review.