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HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments" (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ChanchoManco@lemm.ee to c/technology

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From my point of view HP printers are a bad investment.

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 92 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No kidding. "We've allowed our cartridges to arbitrarily execute code. It's the user's fault."

[–] Zworf 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And the only reason code is even in there is because of their DRM :P

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, we need a robust serial connection to our cartridges for checking ink levels. Nothing more basic would do. /s

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

"Also, 'check ink levels' by counting how many pages were printed while this cartridge was installed"