Complainants smack back after hardware giant moves to dismiss lawsuit

  • @billbasher
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    208 months ago

    “In the case, which began in January, the plaintiffs are arguing that HP issued a firmware update between late 2022 and early 2023 that they allege disabled their printers if they installed a replacement cartridge that was not HP-branded.”

    Can we get a 2d printer that isn’t exploitative? I print on paper with a sharpie on my Ender because of bs like this

    • BrikoXOPM
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      218 months ago

      Get Brother laser printer. It will pay for itself in a few months due to ink cartel.

      • @LordCrom
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        88 months ago

        Hell I’m still using the original toner that came with the printer 2 years into it

    • Orbituary
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      38 months ago

      Tossed my HP right in the trash this very week and got an Epson with a refillable super tank. ET-3850, $199 refurbished.

  • @[email protected]
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    118 months ago

    HP CEO Enrique Lores has made no secret of the fact that it hopes to pull customers into a print subscription business model. he wants to be added to The List.