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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 stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 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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[–] phase_change@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago

Because most people aren’t technical enough to understand there are alternatives, particularly if those alternatives involve removing a scary label telling you not to.

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