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HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
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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 …

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[–] 7 points 3 years ago

Yet another reason I’m glad I got my Canon Pixima 5000 series a while back. Individual cheap replacement ink carts with no electronics in them. I can (and have) buy 5 sets of carts for $20 that last me years.

If it wasn’t for photos, I’d have picked up a cheap laser printer.

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