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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 (www.pcgamer.com)

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Didn't GNU project start because of a printer?

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[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Alright. Go for it. I’m just not gonna buy your shit. I am exited to see how this will end for you.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Probably pretty well given some companies and people will be some silly little tech sluts for the convenience of not looking up better alternatives for 10 minutes, and likely paying a bit more upfront.

That said I hope there's gonna be some printer piracy

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I am afraid you are right.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems that no matter how awful an idea is these days, it always pays off for the companies. Consumers really need to pull their heads out of their assholes.

[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

good luck with it. IMO we need better legislation.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it will probably 'end' pretty well for them. you'd be surprised at how many home users just 'go with it' because they don't know any better.. and a lot of businesses only buy 'genuine' consumables anyway.

[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

They listen to the convincing guy at the electronics store who gets provisions for pushing shitty printers