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HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::"Never own a printer again."

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're getting worse too. Retroactively blocking third party toner cartridges.

[–] KoalaUnknown 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Then get an epson ecotank. That being said, those toner cartridges last so long that I don’t mind paying full price for one every few years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I've just rejected firmware updates and will continue to do so as long as possible. If it gets to where I can't do that anymore for some reason I might leverage my professional expertise into remedying the situation more permanently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, brother claims 4k pages for my cartridges, but I get around 10k pages before I need to replace them. That's pretty reasonable for a 90€ toner cartridge