They should be fined for generating a lot of unnecessary e-waste as well.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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This and almost every other tech subscription style "service" are one of the most maddening things to come out of the tech sector. The need for profit is absolutely out of control.
I'm so tired of everything becoming an ongoing subscription. In the end the most powerful vote we all have is our wallets.
It's a pretty easy thing to just immediately stop buying from companies that pull this shit.
The way that these companies use intellectual property law to secure for themselves a property right to something that someone else purchased from them ought to be highly illegal.
I believe there was a supreme Court case I better garage door opener, and the company that made the garage doors was trying to sue because they didn't want anyone using anything but their garage door opener. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that the supreme Court in that case explicitly stated that the purpose of the dmca is not to provide companies with a property right to something that people have already purchased.
Technology companies just went ahead and did it anyway.
I have a cheap HP printer/scanner. It works well enough it's not in the garbage but this and their "I must be signed in" to print bullshit have ensured I won't buy another HP printer when I either get fed up or it dies.
They sell the printers at a loss because they then sell the ink cartridges with so little ink in them that some of the padding is still dry.
Sheesh, fuck HP.
Got a brand new printer from them a few years back. I think it has printed maybe 3 things. Nope. doesn't print anymore. Doesn't scan anymore.
Useless space for a landfill.
Don't ever buy HP printers......