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submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It would be so easy for all of us to come together and "disrupt the market", but we don't. If we collectively get together, like a crowd-funded FOSS alternative, and build this shit ourselves and sell it, that would wreak havoc with the game these leeches play, but we don't.

WHY don't we.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Okay, start the project.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't wanna.

Can you do it?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

WHY don’t we.

I think we found the answer to your question.