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And do what? Logitech hasn't established a specific duty (inc. contract) to keep their devices online for any length of time. So therefore the only test might be "reasonable expectation" which is a pretty low bar.

The FTC are likely pretty powerless in this situation. Only negative PR and taking your business elsewhere may assist here but given the lack of competition in this space, good luck!

They shamed Google/Nest into full refunds for bricked Revolv iot hubs. This situation seems similar.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/15/ftc_lets_nest_off_h...

Even if it were carefully crafted into their original TOS with the device?

TOS doesn't win over the law.

What law requires a service to run forever?

None, but they were selling these things very recently. They had a clearance sale. I'm sure someone in Logitech knew they were going to EOL these things and sold them anyway. That is getting into consumer fraud territory.

I feel like in the current political climate it's not that likely.

Logitech isn't a US company, so it probably works fine.