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HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Cannon has gotten so bad, that I can't remember what printer brand I hated before them. I am pretty sure it was cannon though.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

too bad. they used to be petty good

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Subscription-based hardware business models, or anything that is cloud-based have a strong tendency to do this. They sucker you into buying their hardware with rock bottom prices and reasonable subscription fees and slowly they increase the prices and put more and more features and functionalities behind increasing paywalls.

Never buy anything that you don't fully own after paying for it.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

We solved printing decades ago. What’s the need to constantly add more complexity in pricing? It’s not like there were major breakthroughs in technology or something. Printing is printing.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

We've had some major breakthroughs in gouging and selling things as a service at exorbitant rates.

[–] zib@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

Maybe you should think a little more about the shareholders and little less about yourself. /s

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[–] ironeagl@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The cheapest plan is .10 euro a month per page if you only print 10 pages. (.99 euro, max 10 pages). Just pay a library or kinkos at that point!

[–] 0uterzenith@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

they charge you PER PAGE??!

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago (11 children)

in the year of our lord below 2023, it is so easy to just go to a print shop the 0.5 times per year you have to print something

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

omg, fuck these guys

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Laughs in Epson Ecotank

[–] NAM@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

God, the amount of times I've had to explain the EcoTank vs HP math to customers in my store, and then STILL have them pick an HP is fucking baffling.

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[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

Good, HP finally running their printer businesses into the ground. Paperless or bust.

[–] Tosti@feddit.nl 9 points 10 months ago

/Shocked pickachu face.
Get 'em hooked, make 'em pay.

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

dell

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

HP is like the facebook of printers. Hugely popular; absolute shit product.

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