HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers::The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.

  • Eager Eagle
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    710 months ago

    more often than not, it’s in the name of security

    • @Hotdogman
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      1010 months ago

      Think of the kids… security.

        • @Kyrgizion
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          10 months ago

          Surely this actually cuts into their profits in the longer term? More and more people will simply refuse to buy HP hardware. If they don’t, they deserve to get grifted to high heavens and back at this point.

          • @cm0002
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            310 months ago

            If they actually bothered to care about the long term, a lot of these companies simply only care about near term and maybe maybe medium term profits

      • Eager Eagle
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        210 months ago

        the poor defenseless users, of course 🙏

        • @SinningStromgald
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          110 months ago

          Is “users” a new way of saying shareholders?