▲ 795 ▼ HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …
[+] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 2 points 3 years ago I bought the printer when I was living in a place where the nearest library was 10 miles away and I only had access to a bus. I couldn't afford a car. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scarilog@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you print more than twice a decade, you can get that down to about 2 cents a page with a brother laser printer and third party cartridges. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 2 points 3 years ago I bought the printer when I was living in a place where the nearest library was 10 miles away and I only had access to a bus. I couldn't afford a car. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scarilog@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you print more than twice a decade, you can get that down to about 2 cents a page with a brother laser printer and third party cartridges. permalink fedilink source parent