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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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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I haven't bought an HP printer in at least 25 years. They used to repeatedly just print jibberish on a few lines and move on to the next page and wouldn't stop until I killed the print job. Canon laser printers are great and you dont need to worry about magenta drying up and preventing you from printing in black and white.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

At least they are honest, kinda.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago

Please proceed, governor.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Imagine how reliable printers will finally be. And how long the ink will last before a refill now! /s.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Well at least HP is being honest about it, so I know to never do business with them.

I bet Epson will be next. AUGH

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