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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I remember when printers would print without being sassy & extortionate.

Back when HP made one of the friendliest printers out there

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

and even before that we had dot matrix printers.

[-] Mishmash2000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

When the printer 'ran out of ink' you wound the ribbon back onto the starting spool and ran it through again. The next time you might need to turn it upside down to get any more out of it.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes! It was so basic & straightforward & intuitive. Now leave it to the big corporations to devise any method possible to turn consumable products into pure extortion methods.

[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Big caveat, printers have always been unholy hellish abominations that sense your fear and exploit it right before delivering that so important THING you need to print

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you're right, maybe I have buried some latent tragic memories of my dot matrix printer jamming up leaving my school essays munched to streaky bits & shreds.

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