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9 points

That’s why i just buy a new printer each time. Fuck them

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10 points

The sad thing is that’s basically what they encourage. So wasteful. Because they want you on a subscription model.

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1 point

This isn’t cheaper for the consumer

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2 points

Sure it is. Replacing all the ink is the same price or more

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You don’t get the same quantity of ink in the cartridges.

When I used to sell computer equipment, I knew the numbers and while I don’t know them specifically now, I can assure you the multi billion dollar companies didn’t start putting more ink in the cartridges that come with their printers. They are starter cartridges and print only a portion of the pages replacement cartridges will print. In my day, the cartridges that came with Epson, canon, Lexmark, and HP (the brands we sold) typically had 20-30% of the capacity. Once in awhile Epson would sell a printer with full cartridges as a promo.

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5 points

That’s playing into the system. Buy a decent laser printer and be done.

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