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submitted 10 months ago by CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

This is a real thing? I haven't owned a printer in years. Why would they have his debit info in the first place?

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 39 points 10 months ago

yes it's a real thing, it's part of the HP ink program, they disable printers when your payment method rejects or you cancel the sub

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

So you're basically just renting the printer then. Wow.

[-] tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 10 months ago

Nono, you buy the printer and AFTERWARDS they sell you a subscription on top.

That way they get paid twise, much better...

[-] HoloPengin@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Buy-to-rent. Nice

[-] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Well selling the initial product at a loss is not uncommon when locking people into a subscription though

[-] mellejwz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They get paid twice anyway, if you buy cartridges from HP. This is just a subscription for those cartridges.

[-] tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

True, but usually you buy them from retailers... This way they cut out the middleman. And the chance that you use 3rd party inks (although, that "security risk" got patched with firmware upgrades)

Also, they don't just send you ink... It's a monthly plan where you have x pages included. Unused pages are rolled over 3 times [1] and afterwards they probably are just lost.

Further, if you cancel the subscription, containers you received within the subscription wont work anymore.

Damn, I knew it was bad, but now that I read the details it's even worse...

[1] https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/cv/instantink