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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] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently trashed my HP and bought a really old Dell LaserJet from government auction. $25 and it came with a 60% full toner. Been using it for 2 months and still have 54% toner left.

I'll probably never replace this thing and keep fixing it until I can't find parts anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

$36 a month for something I would use maybe 2 or 3 times a year? That's $432 I would pay for those 2-3 prints. Subscription based printer accessibility (not ownership) is a lossing strategy for normies like me. Maybe it may work for b2b segment. Aslo, Fuck you, HP. Thanks for convincing me not to buy your other products.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still own a HP laser printer (older model from 5-10 years ago) which does not have the online connectivity requirement and the third party cartridges could last for ages.

As long as the printer dies I will forget HP and its bullshit exists and never touch their products again.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

HP can go fuck themselves

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

My last HP printer had a serial port. It was all down hill from there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Why should I care about company X launching Y, where Y is uninnovative? I percieve this post as an ad

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, physical media is on the decline.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't pay $36 for an HP printer that they didn't monitor much less per month

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'll just print off the odd thing I need a paper copy of from work and continue as I've done for a dexade by puposefully denying myself from the sincere privilege of paying HP another god damned red cent for as long as draw breath, kthxbai. 🖕

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My last printer was an hp , the ink only lasted a few months. I’m done with it. At most I print a few items per month so we now go to fedex office and have it printed there for $0.20

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