HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      The big one seems to be non-techies who long ago heard they were good. A long, LONG time ago.

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        11 months ago

        They were awesome way back in the before time.

        We ran HP Laserjets (era of the 3, 4 and 5) at one of my first IT jobs. We had a ton of them and they were bulletproof. Just change the cartridges and clean the rollers every now and then. Boom, printing.

        Edit: Today I run a Brother.

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      11 months ago

      It takes 20-seconds to research their products before purchasing. Those few seconds would reveal that HP is now a shit product. Another 20-seconds would reveal Brother to be highly regarded.

      “Capitalism fucked me over and I wish to sue HP’s ass off!”

      I have no idea what to tell people.

      “Companies make worse and worse products and I keep buying them! Make it stop Mr. Government!”