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HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 58 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I don't hate all printers, but I viscerally hate HP printers. They have all of the anticonsumer bullshit. I won't even buy other HP products (laptops) because I had such a bad experience with their shitty printers.

Brother's laserjets are great, I use one at home now. My most reliable printer was actually an old Samsung monocolor laser printer, lasted 10 years before kicking the bucket.

Edit: such is my hatred for HP printers that I would volunteer to smash all of them in my free time. HP printer genocide is warranted.

[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

My last HP shit the bed about 6 months after I bought it. I got really mad at it and got a Brother. No regrets.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I have a tiny HP LaserJet and it's pure awesome. It's also ancient.

If I ever buy another it will be a Brother laser, no question.

[–] Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

I have a Laserjet III and jetdirect 500x set up in my mancave/hobbyspace. Acquired it about quarter century ago, and It. Just. Works. As long as unofficial spareparts and toner are available I'm good. Epson ecotank handles colour printing needs.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it comical? Manufacturer of the most hated printers by wide margin spends money to persuade people printers are not as bad and everyone is collectively wrong about that, instead of spending money on improving the user experience. Typical.

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

I was asked to set up an HP printer earlier this week. It was connected by a USB cable. It stopped printing after a few pages.

HP wants the end user to download their app to use the printer. The printer also has to be set up using an Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection. I'd already tried to connect it to Wi-Fi using the button on the printer, but it just said "Er" & blinked some other lights. The HP website specifically says that the printer cannot be used with just a USB cable.

I was confident I could have got it to connect to Wi-Fi and downloaded the app, but it was too much of a problem just to be able to print.

I had a Brother printer moved into its place. There haven't been any other printing issues.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

If you can make idiots buy your stupid product, you have a lot of customers, you can make a lot of money from.

[–] dan@upvote.au 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Meanwhile Brother doesn't say anything because they're actually the least hated and everyone already knows it.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

The most hated company: just claim the opposite reality to make people second guess their opinion at the store or when shopping online. We'll undercut the MSRP just enough to get them to purchase another one because we know exactly how stupid the average person is when it comes to consumerism. Their depth is one subconscious doubt away from nonexistent.

[–] anarchotoothbrushist@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Boycott HP: https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp

HP-branded corporations play key roles in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. They are complicit in Israel’s occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid regime. They provide computer hardware to the Israeli army and maintain data centers through their servers for the Israeli police. They provide the Itanium servers to operate the Aviv System, the computerized database of Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority. This forms the backbone of Israel’s racial segregation and apartheid.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I read that url as BDSMovement, they might want to look into a better domain...

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

They could change to BSD movement.

[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I like it

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Isn't there one that isn't bdsm?

[–] Crow@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have a b&w laser brother printer/ scanner. I hate it because I want to print in colour, but the thing just won’t ever break or even pause. I can’t help but keep it as it’s damn fantastic and I’m just being petty.

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I have an HP laser printer that is the same. It’s from the pre hated era. HP hates machines that live that long.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How often do you need to print in colour though? For me, it's so rare that I just go to somewhere like FedEx/Kinkos whenever I need something in colour.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

Plus, chances are, anytime you need to print something in color you'll also need it to be a relatively high quality print. Which is really expensive to get an a consumer grade printer.