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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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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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Kinda baffling that anyone’s still buying HP - isn’t it common knowledge that they’re one of the worst printer brands?

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nerdschleife@lemm.ee
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They’re also the cheapest among well-known brands, so the average person buys these

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Nate@programming.dev
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Used to sell printers. It’s the old people 100%

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Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de
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HP has decent enterprise models. So office drones will have a positive image of HP. Also old people who have been out of touch with the market for 20 years or so.

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