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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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[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Which is why they have to extract a much as possible from their dimishing customer base that are essentially forced to still use them and this have no real choice.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Except other companies are still in the printer game.

Got a new brother color laser for under 200 a few weeks back.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Sure. One sets precedent the others follow as always.

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