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HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers | Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years. (arstechnica.com)
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HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers | Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years.::Opinion: HP's printer business practices have infuriated users for years.

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[–] fuckstick 28 points 11 months ago

My wife needs a printer for work and I hate the thing. I’ve firewalled it off as much as I can for two reasons:

  1. they’re usually a massive security vulnerability
  2. if it updates its firmware it won’t take cheaper 3rd party cartridges anymore