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HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 6 points 3 years ago

While your advice is sound, I think you might not have read @jrubal1462's comment in full. They already installed Linux, found FOSS alternatives for the proprietary dive software and their printer, to their shock, worked OOTB.

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