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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] Cyberjin@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Does an "open-source printer" exist?

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can't believe there aren't any start-ups out there trying to "disrupt" the printer market.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I can’t believe there aren’t any start-ups out there trying to “disrupt” the printer market

Because in reality, printing is really not needed in most homes given the advent of paperless billing. I was still sneaking my essential documents to the work printer for many years, and even at the height of the pandemic, I was free printing at the library.

HP clearly wants to milk any small businesses for what they have with this, larger companies are already leasing the printers from the OG nickel and dimer: Xerox.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

People lease those huge pieces of shit? Holy shit what a racket.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

PC LOAD LETTER

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Welcome to The Economy.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 1 points 11 months ago

It's called the library

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

As far as I know, there aren't even any Chinese companies trying to enter into this market. Xiaomi has a few high-priced inkjet printers and that's it.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It would be so easy for all of us to come together and "disrupt the market", but we don't. If we collectively get together, like a crowd-funded FOSS alternative, and build this shit ourselves and sell it, that would wreak havoc with the game these leeches play, but we don't.

WHY don't we.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't wanna.

Can you do it?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

WHY don’t we.

I think we found the answer to your question.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ive been thinking about this recently. We have essentially done that for 3D printers from the start. We should absolutely do this for 2D printers

[–] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

good luck with that!

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

You can probably rig an old dot matrix printer to work on modern machines. Convert the serial plug to usb by crimping some cables, and I would bet dollars to donuts that there are drivers out there.