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.
That’s a good point actually. I agree, the whole thing is just bananas. HP is a zombie tech company at this point though. You know that graphic that illustrates the product life cycle? HP products are somewhere down in the subway station on that graph
Or even just putting a piece of paper on top of the printer that says, “STOP!! INSTALL THE DRIVERS BEFORE PLUGGING THE PRINTER INTO THE PC”
Surely HP could spend $0.000125 out of their billions of dollars to spare a piece of paper to serve that purpose.
I mean >15% of people will still fuck this up, but at that point, you’ve done all you can.
Even the leaflet is just a shitty bandaid. What if someone picked up a printer used and it didn’t include the leaflet.
It’s outright unacceptable to ship a consumer product that so easily bricks itself like this.
That’s a good point actually. I agree, the whole thing is just bananas. HP is a zombie tech company at this point though. You know that graphic that illustrates the product life cycle? HP products are somewhere down in the subway station on that graph