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submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] garretble 32 points 10 months ago (3 children)

This is why for the one or two times I need to print something a year I just go to the library and pay them $0.10 a page to print something out.

[–] AlphaOmega 10 points 10 months ago

I bought a refurbished laser printer at a garage sale for $30 8 years ago. Still printing off the original toner

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

My printing has become so incredibly rare that even paying $0.50 per page st a ups/fed ex store is a better deal than having a printer. I'm not even sure the printer my wife insists on keeping is compatible with windows 11, which is basically all our PCs now.

[+] [email protected] -16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because of a single printer manufacturer?

[–] garretble 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Because of basically ALL printer manufacturers. I know people like Brother printers, generally, but why pay something like $60-100 for a printer when you only need to use one a few times a year?

For me the cost savings are pretty huge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

As little as I print, it would be worth it to me to adapt my 3d printer to function as a plotter.

[–] sailingbythelee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The big difference is convenience. I've got an inexpensive Brother laser printer. It is probably 12 years old now and is as good as the day I bought it. I've only replaced the toner cartridge once or twice. I set it up on my home server so it's available on all of our family devices (well, not the phones). When the kids wake up in the morning and suddenly realize they have to print off their homework for school, it's no problem at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

At least in the Netherlands, there's a bunch of places you can print including your own school for free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I go out of my way to eliminate paper wherever possible, so I would rather spend $100 to be able to do something digitally than $50 for a printer.