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HP insists you must use their cloud printing service, covers USB port with sticker (yiffit.net)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And I did. The issue is they put in a QR code for their own $800 500 GB SSD in the bios error message for when your SSD breaks.

My non-technical friend had no idea it's an obscene price and may have bought it just to get his laptop working.