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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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I bought the printer when I was living in a place where the nearest library was 10 miles away and I only had access to a bus. I couldn’t afford a car.

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If you print more than twice a decade, you can get that down to about 2 cents a page with a brother laser printer and third party cartridges.

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