If you're like me and only print something once or twice a year, check whether you can print at your local library. It may cost a few cents per sheet, but I'd sooner give my library a dollar than give a company like HP a penny
i dunno. i genuinely can't remember the last thing i had to print out. maybe some expense claim forms in 2019 before the pandemic accelerated paperless processes? can't think of any after that.
Probably pretty well given some companies and people will be some silly little tech sluts for the convenience of not looking up better alternatives for 10 minutes, and likely paying a bit more upfront.
That said I hope there's gonna be some printer piracy
It seems that no matter how awful an idea is these days, it always pays off for the companies. Consumers really need to pull their heads out of their assholes.
it will probably 'end' pretty well for them. you'd be surprised at how many home users just 'go with it' because they don't know any better.. and a lot of businesses only buy 'genuine' consumables anyway.
Our Brother laser printer just ran out of toner for the 2nd time in 12+ years. We bought a new toner cartridge for $12 that will last us another 5+ years.
Bruh, I only use my printer/scanner to scan documents and I prefer to go to a store to print things. I get charged $0.03USD (I'm not from the US though) for every printed page, which is WAY cheaper than buying an ink cartridge from HP.
I'd so throw out my HP printer if it wasn't my scanner. Edit: January 26th, 2024 9:17 AM EST I'd like to say I finally got a brother laser printer, but it doesn't do scanning. I don't use the HP printer for printing documents though.
Buying old HP LaserJets is a good option if you can find them. More or less no maintenance once primed, and the cartridge is CHEAP. It is extremely reliable as well.