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    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 22 21:12:49 2024
    From the «printing as a subscription, boo» department:
    Feed: The Register
    Title: HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies
    Author: Richard Speed
    Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:08:06 -0500
    Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/

    Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat to HP's bottom line

    HP CEO Enrique Lores admitted this week that the company's long-term objective is "to make printing a subscription" when he was questioned about the company's approach to third-party replacement ink suppliers.…

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 23 09:12:43 2024
    Am 22.01.2024 um 21:12:49 Uhr schrieb Retrograde:

    From the «printing as a subscription, boo» department:
    Feed: The Register
    Title: HP's CEO spells it out: You're a 'bad investment' if you don't
    buy HP supplies
    Author: Richard Speed
    Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:08:06 -0500
    Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/

    Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat
    to HP's bottom line

    HP CEO Enrique Lores admitted this week that the company's long-term objective is "to make printing a subscription" when he was questioned
    about the company's approach to third-party replacement ink
    suppliers.…

    That's why I don't buy new printers from them.
    I have a ~2011 Samsung laser, a still working OfficeJet 350 and an
    OfficeJet J4585.
    All of them still work, but only the Samsung has a cartridge inserted.
    The other ones are spare if the Samsung is finally broken.

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