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hp hate (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by [M] to c/ethicalconsumerism@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/flippanarchy/p/614149/hp-hate

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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Brother.

Its printers used to be kinda so-so, but HP and the other brands decided to become so shitty - Brother became number 1 by remaining stagnant.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Thanks to techies here and on the other site I won't name, after 30 years I moved to dry ink. My laser Brother I bought used for 80$ with 3 full cartridges and an open one, will last me until I die. I can print 3500 pages! Laser is beyond superior vs inkjet. It's not even comparable.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Seconded! At least, about the brand loyalty, can't speak to the claim of them being stagnant.

    I'm 51. I'm on my 3rd laser printer, ever. I shudder to think about how many inkjets I would've gone through, judging by the struggles I have seen in other households of just my own family.

    First one was a giant thing from Oki whose main beauty was that it did proper PostScript and had both ethernet (10-base T) and AppleTalk, which we needed. The other ones were from Brother, first a black and white model and now a colour thing with duplex and a scanner. Not great for photos but everything else it just owns.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I've had the same Brother printer since 2009, my ex left it with me in 2015 and I still have it.

    I still haven't changed the toner cartridge, it stays unplugged and unhooked except 2-3 times a year when I need a shipping label printed.

    I watched a video yesterday about these $195 printers or you rent for $9 a month for two years that end up costing 50 bucks more at the end of the rental period and you still don't own the printer after that. If you print more than 20 pages a month then you get charged more.

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