When last we checked in with Hewlett Packard (HP), the company had just been sued (for the second time) for crippling customer printers if owners attempt to use cheaper, third-party printer cartrid…
Most of their business is enterprise, and enterprise customers don’t tend to care much about this sort of thing, because enterprise customers ALWAYS get service contracts and component subscriptions. It’s essentially accepted as the cost of doing business these days, which is why the idea got traction in the first place.
I can’t believe anyone still buys anything from these shitbags. HP are greeding fucking clowns.
Most of their business is enterprise, and enterprise customers don’t tend to care much about this sort of thing, because enterprise customers ALWAYS get service contracts and component subscriptions. It’s essentially accepted as the cost of doing business these days, which is why the idea got traction in the first place.