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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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diffusive@lemmy.world
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How much I would love if EU pulled a USB-C on printer ink/toner.

“All printers must be compatible with one of these X possible formats of ink/toner. Lockdown is forbidden too”

Sure the printers would be more expensive but I am sure we would see an incredible improvement in quality and decrease in ink/toner cost

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Patches@sh.itjust.works
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Sure the printers would be more expensive but I am sure we would see an incredible improvement in quality and decrease in ink/toner cost

Probably because everyone but Brother would step out of the market.

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poopkins@lemmy.world
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Win?

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Patches@sh.itjust.works
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Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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Oh no step brother printer, don’t leave the market.

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Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world
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How much I would love for America to stop letting it’s corporations get away with these things so we won’t have to wait for the EU

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Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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“This is the ink we use. Everyone use the same ink. Cheaper, easier, better for everyone.”

“But sir, that sounds a lot like something Communists would do!”

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diffusive@lemmy.world
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The famous Marxist customer protection

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Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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Customer protection sound super communist.

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Zink@programming.dev
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Long time Brother Laser Gang member here, and toner cost is not an issue. Averaged over the last decade it’s cost me like a couple bucks per year.

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