HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::“Never own a printer again.”

  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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    8 months ago

    I got one for you: You’re on a tightrope of balancing security and your pocketbook, because a firmware update might also include DRM to brick any aftermarket toners you might have purchased.

    Oh, you don’t wanna pay out the nose for gEnUiNe HP?? What’s your threat model look like?

    Ridiculous.

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      8 months ago

      Sounds like Apple

      I guess apple is just better at marketing terrible things to look reasonable even when they clearly aren’t