HP is very insistent that users of its printers don't turn to cheaper third-party alternatives for their ink cartridges. It introduced a feature called Dynamic Security in...

From my point of view HP printers are a bad investment.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    I wonder whether they’d sell more if they put the prices up but promised no further charges or restrictions? It would give them a unique market position as a seller of premium trustworthy products. Brother is the closest to that at the moment, though their printers aren’t even more expensive. HP is certainly to be avoided.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      If you cared about price per sheet and you print a lot, then you’d have a better printer than an ink jet.

      HP pulls this shit because that business model works for people who need to print a little.

      • luciole (he/him)@beehaw.org
        5·
        11 months ago

        Ink jet cartridges dry up when they’re not used often enough though, which screws people who don’t print much as well. HP just screws everyone equally.

        • ErilElidor@feddit.de
          2·
          11 months ago

          I had a printer from HP but rarely had to print anything. It happened way too often, that I had to buy a new cartridge, because the old one dried up. Soo annoying… Now I have a laser printer from brother and it’s much better! No more drying up! I guess this is more about technology than it is brand, but it somehow was fitting here😄

        • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          I’m talking about the difference between using an ink-jet or something more expensive like a laser printer.