'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,

  • @knotthatoneEnglish
    19•5 months ago

    Most people shouldn’t buy a home printer at all anymore. Unless you’re a crafter or work in a field that still uses lots of paper (i.e. law) they’re not worth it.

    It’s a rapidly shrinking market and HP knows there’s no saving it so I guess they’re following the cable company playbook.

    Squeeze your remaining customers as hard as possible before the music stops

    • @Patches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4•5 months ago

      Reminder:

      Your local library can print documents for you for an insignificant sum. So can every Office Supply store - though they’re worse in every way. Also so can your local shipping supply store (UPS, etc…)

    • @vimdiesel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      There’s no reason not to buy a brother or canon if you need a good laser printer to make hard copies of stuff. Not everybody wants to back everything up to the cloud and like hard copies or need it for their business.