▲ 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 …
[+] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 48 points 3 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nerdschleife@lemm.ee 16 points 3 years ago They're also the cheapest among well-known brands, so the average person buys these permalink fedilink source parent [–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 13 points 3 years ago Used to sell printers. It's the old people 100% permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago HP has decent enterprise models. So office drones will have a positive image of HP. Also old people who have been out of touch with the market for 20 years or so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nerdschleife@lemm.ee 16 points 3 years ago They're also the cheapest among well-known brands, so the average person buys these permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 13 points 3 years ago Used to sell printers. It's the old people 100% permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago HP has decent enterprise models. So office drones will have a positive image of HP. Also old people who have been out of touch with the market for 20 years or so. permalink fedilink source parent