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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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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I work from home and print a lot of UPS labels. For personal use I print targets and lots of misc. stuff. Nice to have sort of thing.

Also, it's a B&W laser, and that's a world of difference from inkjet.

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still wouldn't take it on a subscription basis. My last home Laser lasted me ~15 years till the drivers just weren't there anymore and I was mostly using it as a stand to hold other crap on top of it.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Lol, sounds familiar.

My 1996 Lexmark laser just died this year.

I haven't owned an inkjets in 20 years, and won't ever own one again.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh no. Hell no not on a subscription.