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
You know, we do have a word in English that means “verboten” right?
It’s the same root too, how cool is that!
Happened to me! Even with me taking efforts ahead of time to prevent the new firmware download, it somehow snuck through. I finally got so fed up with their BS because of this, I got rid of the hp and bought a Brother. Brother workin flawlessly, and I can rest easy knowing it will just print shit when I need it to and not try to extort cash from me to do so.
Why does anyone still buy HP?
They sell the printers below cost.
Ignorance
The big one seems to be non-techies who long ago heard they were good. A long, LONG time ago.
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They are often bundled with computers in cheap packages 
Y’all gonna make me look up the German dictionary so I know what verboten means, gawd damn I don’t need no education
(To be fair it’s interesting that they’d throw a random German word into an English language headline meant for English language readers, especially as it’s the key explanatory word in the headline, and yet it’s one we wouldn’t commonly know. Unlike commonly used non-English words like Information, or Cul-de-sac, Zeitgeist, Kaput, or Baguette, we - to my knowledge - haven’t used the word verboten before over here).
So yeah, I had to Google translate it xD But now I know! Woo!
Another reason to boycott HP
Verboten?
Past participle of “bieten”, “to bid”, as in “to command”. English correspondence to that is “bidden”. The prefix is “ver-” which here denotes completative aspect as well as negativity, the English correspondence to that is “for-” (not strict, but at least in this case). Sticking both together you get “forbidden” which indeed is the right translation. “The action of commanding a negative has been completed”, or, simply, “You’ve been told not to”.
Thank you
I hope I’ll remember never to buy anything new from HP as that’s disgusting 🤮
I just found out about the last time HP did this. I didn’t realize they were about to try it all over again. I guess they realized that any plan that looks good once is worth attempting again, by slowly wearing down the opposition. Like Google did with breaking ad blockers.
HP is a cancerous company that should be killed with fire.
The executives and management should be tracked and blacklisted.
HP isn’t what it used to be. I’ve got an HP color laser printer that has been cranking for more than ten years, while using third party toner. It’s sad seeing them like this now.
Not related: but is „verboten“ (forbidden) really used in English? Just wondering because it is German.
Somebody tell me again why we, as a society, still print things? Other than publishing, why do we need printers?
cmon now. no victim blaming.
what if i just want to print a coloring book for my kid? there are perfectly valid reason to want to print things, and it should not be as difficult/stupid as it is today.
Some of my clients want a physical invoice. My CPA wants hard copy for notation. I want physical copies of certain documents for ease of use. The DMV won’t take electronic copies of proof of residency. CVS insists on providing a mile long receipt.
There are a million more. Most of it breaks down to people’s preferences and bureaucracy. It’ll be a long time before hard copy goes away.
I ship a lotta servers, still need connotes
