'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award
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Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them all forever!

‘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,

    • ryathalEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Most of those reasons are why a print company is needed, there’s very little about why I need a printer at home.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      10 months ago

      It’s been close to 5 years since I needed to print something at work. At home, more like 20 years.

      • ImgonnatrythisEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I haven’t ironed my clothes in 25 years but with the power of imagination I can manage to grasp why other people might want to have an iron in their home.

        • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Oh absolutely. There definitely are valid use cases for printers just like there are valid ways to use an ice pick. If you need to use huge blocks of ice for something, you really want to own your very own ice pick. Other people might not need one as much as you do.