• fearout
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    21 year ago

    I don’t see why it’s dystopian. Because some functionality is locked behind an account? That’s not really dystopian, more like petty-capitalistic.

    • @AllonzeeLV
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      211 year ago

      I mean, I think the dystopian is in having a potentially useful item someone literally throws away being locked down to attempt to mandate more consumption for profit while literally punishing re-use as the world burns from overconsumption.

      In almost all cases, if someone found a printer like this, they wouldnt be able to successfully contact the previous owner, much less get them to unlock it. I’ve seen so many idiots over the years be angry at people for dumpster diving like trash is somehow sacred.

    • @mob
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      21 year ago

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      • fearout
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        41 year ago

        What kind of security, for example? It’s a printer, it shouldn’t even be online.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Printers have been network enabled for a very long time… I personally find that specific feature very useful on my home HP printer (for printing from my phone, etc) and it’s invaluable in many work environments. I’ll agree that some others “features” bug me… Being locked in to janky proprietary software, cartridges, privacy concerns stemming from having a HP account and more. I’d say those are more substantial issues

      • Poggervania
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        Having features to a thing you bought locked behind an account only serves to discourage people being used things since a good chunk of people will either don’t know how or are too lazy to remove their account from said thing.

        Given that it’s a HP printer, I can almost guarantee you that it’s only linked up to an account so the previous user could use the printing subscription. There’s absolutely no security reason for doing this.

    • @Foggyfroggy
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      01 year ago

      What’s dystopian is advertising masquerading as something else.

      • @Veltoss
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        71 year ago

        How in the world could this be advertising. Please keep the hail corporate circlejerking on reddit, not every single thing that mentions a company is advertising.

        This message is brought to you by McDonalds™, I’m lovin’ it!

        • @Foggyfroggy
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          31 year ago

          Is the hand writing too neat though? I’ve written on enough signups and posters over the years to know it should look weird because the curving upright surface is so different from how we usually write. Yet Michelangelo here is perfectly smooth, even, and legible. Also, a Slurpy from 7/11 would really beat back this heat.