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Yeah this the kinda shit that needs to be illegal. Probably is in some countries.
I just print my personal documents at work. Have been doing that for 15 years and counting. Never had an issue.
not defending hp at all, but it's a sub service and not any different than the cable company shutting off your internet (think: ink) for not paying. the modem (think: printer) is still there, but doesn't 'work' until the bill is squared-away, even if it's your modem-not theirs......
printer is enrolled in "instant ink". those instant ink cartridges they send out are custom, ultra-high capacity ones you can't buy retail (decreases costs of shipping by greatly reducing the frequency of those shipments). of course they're gonna shut it down if you fail to respond to the barrage of emails and popups that preceded that point.
What? No. You pay your internet service provider for internet service that they provide. You don't pay them to use what you already own. If you have an ink cartridge in your printer the ink and the printer belong to you already.
Most of the people buying these printers don't know at the time of sale they're getting stuck in a subscription service system.
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why can't you just buy ink for a printer and not have to do this boring cyberpunk dystopian bullshit
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Radicalized by Cory Doctorow, the first story there called "Authorized Bread" is VERY relevant to this topic. Thats the future we might be heading into. Ugh.
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