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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... (www.pcgamer.com)
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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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[โ€“] Delta_V 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which is why all HP brand printers get filtered out of my search results when looking for a new printer. Won't even consider buying one at any price.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I got a cold call from a VAR that deals with HP servers. And I'm like no thank you, I won't work with HP. They asked why and I told them straight up their anti consumer practices.