Note really surprising, it's their whole business model. It's not a secret either, when you try to buy their printer and it costs $20 but an ink cartridge costs $50, it should be pretty obvious how this works.
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We need to bring back the Cartel office that beats them up.
Til I'm a leet hacker when I refill the ink cartridge.