Nic McConnell @NicMcC83:
this is the most devastating review of anything i’ve ever seen
Scary Whitta @garywhitta· 1d:
Imagine if your printer was also your car. That’s what owning a Tesla is like.
All corporations. All corporations will not be happy until ownership is a concept of the past. You are borrowing the company’s resources and paying them for the service.
If you don’t like it, stop heralding capitalism as the be-all of economic systems…
This is Lemmy, you don’t have to convince people not to like capitalism here, we’re already on board
Communists aren’t the only people that hate modern, western, late stage capitalism. Some of us are good, old fashioned, corporations-aren’t-people folks who believe that the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shouldn’t be infringed by the mantra of “maximizing profits for our shareholders”.
Ah because if you don’t support laissez-faire capitalism you must be a communist.
Tell me you ate the onion without telling me you ate the onion.
Ha! You know you are on Lemmy when “not all of us are Communists” gets pummelled by downvotes.
Apparently most are!
It’s ironic, isn’t it. With the most common “criticism” of communism being that nobody will be able to have any personal belongings…
Eventually people will realize that there is no real difference between communism and capitalism, because both systems always end up with fascists in charge.
I will agree with you only in the context where “Communism” is sought directly. In that situation, the power vaccuum in which discussions have weight are ALWAYS userped by some local, pre-existing authority, who almost always go for full authoritarian control with the language of “Communism”.
By now, most communists that aren’t just Tankies (those who idolize “Strong Men” while using leftist language) understand that “real” communism is simply a state of being where commercialized needs are no longer an existant concept after implementing enough socialistic and humanistic policies. As in, policies that benefit normal people before corporations or the rich who already have what they need.
Will that really work in long term? More and more folks are entering gig economy where incomes aren’t consistently stable and people have already started to subscribe for minimum time just to consume relevant content. Are they really banking on whales forgetting to unsubscribe?
No they aren’t. One thing people need to learn is; executives are some of the dumbest people on this planet. Short term profits far too often wins over logical long term projections.
If they were smart, enshitification wouldn’t be reality.
“I’m sorry Dave, I can’t leave the driveway, I’m out of Magenta.”
plot twist: It’s a Brother monochrome laser printer.
The equivalent of an old brother mono laser would be a Lada or a Toyota hilux. It may not be pretty, but it’s simple and it will run forever.
We got rid of the old hl2030 in favor of a fancy color printer/scanner. Now we have neither.
We got rid of the old hl2030
you monster! I love mine and I’ll never part with it
Yep, got tired of inkjet printers running out, clogging, print heads gumming up, just failing in so many different ways. I’ve had my laser printer for about 5 years and it’s still rolling on the sample toner cart. Granted, I don’t print all that often, but that’s another reason I like this printer so damn much.
Same, they work especially well for infrequent printing. Ink jets love to dry/clog up after some time and require changing a toner that should still have plenty of ink in it.
I got tired of the sunken cost my ink jet printer was and got a Brother color-laser multifunction and it just works. Still using the toner it came with.
I bought a brother printer / copier / scanner about 15 years ago. Still going strong, I replaced the ink once.
I bought it for $99.99
I still consider it the best money I’ve ever spent
Edit: $99 Canadian!
They are also indestructible. The brother monochrome that I have for my business is about 16 years old, last year a huge rock got thrown through our window and knocked it off the counter. Snapped the scanner cover back on, works like new.
Best printers.
I just bought one. Works instantly out of the box. One click “install” on Windows/Android/MacOS/Linux, and doesn’t require any of their bullshit software.
Setup on Windows is as easy as going to
Printers & Scanners > Add device > Brother
Done.
Now I can print/scan/copy and my computer has no bloatware on it. It’s wonderful.
Pc load letter?
What the fuck does that even mean?