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submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I'm really surprised that someone didn't jump into this space to basically make "the final printer you'll ever want to buy for home/office use".

Sell the printer to make a small profit, support refillable ink, and you'll basically capture 90% of the market. It's not a billion dollar idea, but for a small company it could make millions, even as a Kickstarter type thing between some hardware and device software folks.