Remember, every time anyone purchases an HP printer, they're voting for more of this behavior ๐
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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HP is the fucking worst. My ink levels are clearly, at most, 2/3 empty, but then it will just stop printing. Like, the printer's own sensors can see thay there is still ink left, but prints out faded, unuseable pages. Its infuriating.
Voting with your wallet only works if theres a choice.
Everytime you buy a printer, you're voting for more of this BS.
Brother
There still are printers that don't require an Internet connection
There is always a choice, life without a printer is possible.
I bought a Xerox Phaser 3610 years ago, and it still works great. How did I vote for this?
You didn't. But can you go out and vote for a Zerox Phaser 3610 today?
For HP, I vote with the absence of money. If their silly services aren't selling well, they'll likely discontinue them. If I'm using a printer that isn't HP, then they don't see money from that, either.
On basically all of the instances of something like this happening, it has been because they have been using the HP instant ink subscription, where you pay a monthly fee based on how many pages you print, and HP sends you the ink refills as necessary. Skipping the whole issue of having subscriptions for physical devices in the first place, you wouldn't expect any other subscription like for example Netflix to continue working if your card has expired, and neither does the ink subscription.
When I bought my house the previous owners didn't want their old printer and asked if we wanted it. I said sure, figuring if it was crap I can just get rid of it. It's a 14 year old Brother laser printer and I'm never getting rid of it. It's big, it's got no wifi, can only scan to USB or an FTP server, and (obviously) only prints in black and white. But I'll be damned if the thing doesn't just work without any fuss. You turn it on, hit print and it fucking prints. No fade lines or misprints because you haven't printed in 3 months.
My old inkjet sits in a closet now collecting dust. Fuck dealing with ink that dries up and constantly needs to be changed or cleaned.