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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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[–] 19 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

People will still buy it when they suffer economically or techonological ignorance. If there was another system where people could vote on a business death penalty.. HP and other printer IP holders have already earned my vote.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    Nothing like having to pull out the official ink to clear a paper jam and be told afterwards that the ink you just took out is not the same official ink or gasp reused so the printer punishes you by using more ink so you buy the official ink next time that you already bought.

    Fuck HP.

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