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I hate that everything now is a subscription service instead of buying it and do whatever you want.

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[-] ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

Homeowner-targeted inkjet printers are evil, especially from HP. NEVER buy one that works a subscription into the purchase. They are garbage, and can disable your cartridges if you cancel your subscription.

[-] woefkardoes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

HP is a horrible company. They make things up just to make life difficult for consumers. Everyone should boycott them I make sure none of the hardware the company I work for is HP as well.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But your subscription to what exactly ?

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Giving HP money. Protection money. Because you know, it'd be a shame if for some unfortunate and unrelated reason you couldn't print on your printer anymore. Accidents just happen. Every day.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Totally see this mafia vibe

[-] jumperalex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Because fuck you, that's why. -HP

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ink cartridges. Instead of paying up front, they send you cartridges for 'free' and automatically dispatch replacements whenever they get low (or if you have a problem like they get so gummed up the head clean can't fix them) If you don't want the subscription, you have to buy your own carts retail, then it's just like a 'traditional' printer.

The sub itself isn't (in my opinion) scummy just a value proposition. What is a bit scummy is that the carts that come with the printer are yours, but you can enroll them in the sub service. You can do that the day you buy it or right before they run out. In theory they're supposed to revert to 'owned' if the sub is cancelled, but I've heard there can be hoops to jump through. The carts that come with the printer are tiny compared to either retail or rental so won't last long either way.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification, had no idea this was a thing.

[-] Clocksstriking13@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It looks like this subscription may be for their "smart" printers. So the subscription would be for the connection to phone service. Why you'd need a smart printer is beyond me but they apparently think there is a market for it.

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