I'd lost track, actually, how shit printers have become.
Don't get me wrong: they've always been pretty shit, but the amount of #enshitification #HP has piled onto them in the last 25 years is abysmal. OTOH so much of what they've done in the last 1/4 century is shit, I've lost track.
"HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash — Instant Ink subscription gets the boot, too"
https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers-in-response-to-backlash
JP Mens /
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2024-07-09 11:01:13
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