'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award
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Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them all forever!

‘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,

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I don’t know where the person you replied to is coming from. I’ve had nothing but good experiences with Brother laser printers for a long time now. I know it’s become cliche to say positive things about them, but man, they are so much better than garbage HP inkjets (or really almost any inkjet).

    If all printer companies somehow move into the subscription space then I guess I will be going to somewhere like FedEx-Kinkos about once a month for when I need to print something.

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      It’s in the spirit of never printing anything for the rest of your life, like how thread OP meant. The printer seems to be highly recommended, but you’d still be spending money on printing.