@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHP Printrulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11.81Karrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•1 year agoBut in this analogy, instead of disabling the ink/internet, they disabled your entire printer/computer. They didn’t withold further service, they actively made something this person already owns useless through a malicious backdoor.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoThey don’t though, they disable printing with the subscription’s cartridges. You can still buy other cartridges and it will work.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat still seems like it crosses a line to me
But in this analogy, instead of disabling the ink/internet, they disabled your entire printer/computer. They didn’t withold further service, they actively made something this person already owns useless through a malicious backdoor.
They don’t though, they disable printing with the subscription’s cartridges. You can still buy other cartridges and it will work.
That still seems like it crosses a line to me