655

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

45 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers::AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 165 points 1 year ago

Am I the only one who thinks it's crazy that the only grounds they have are that HP didn't disclose that their All-In-Ones won't let you scan or fax without ink and not, you know, the fact that they do that in the first place? It should be illegal to disable critical functions of a device simply because an unrelated function is temporarily unavailable. There's no technical reason HP is doing this other than, "fuck you, buy more ink."

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, you can sell a shitty product, that's not a crime, the crime is the false advertising or if it is a danger to people

load more comments (11 replies)

this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023

655 points (98.5% liked)

Technology

59708 readers

1528 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS