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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never buying HP printers again, not after I got a Brother one last year. It works OOTB even with linux and there's no such lockdown bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@gogosempai @stopthatgirl7
I ran my business with two Brother laser printers for 20 years, with NO maintenance problems.

In the past year, I’ve discarded two new HP printers as they are just crap. And expensive-ink hogs.