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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)
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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[โ€“] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No where in there was anything about what the consumer wants or needs. Just theirs

[โ€“] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Their cheap. HP lowest end printers were always cheaper then the ink. Customers buy the wireless ink with a subscription and think it's a convenience. It's a scam but it's a scam that works.

Basically now that everyone is poor this is how tech companies will address customer needs: low barrier for every and a subscription.