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HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges (www.theregister.com)
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HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges

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[โ€“] barsoap@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Past participle of "bieten", "to bid", as in "to command". English correspondence to that is "bidden". The prefix is "ver-" which here denotes completative aspect as well as negativity, the English correspondence to that is "for-" (not strict, but at least in this case). Sticking both together you get "forbidden" which indeed is the right translation. "The action of commanding a negative has been completed", or, simply, "You've been told not to".