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HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)

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HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

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[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This 10000%

I've got a hp LaserJet that I got back in like 2014 or 2015 when my work was going to ewaste a new printer that got used like twice before they went to a managed printer service. That thing has held up like a tank across 3 or 4 moves, and I only just had to order a new set of toner carts.

I hate inkjets with a passion, and recommend laserjets to anyone that asks (and even some that don't)