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HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::"Never own a printer again."

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (3 children)

At this point, with ALL this negative press about Hp inkjet printers, who’s buying them? I certainly would never even consider one at this point. Well I’d never buy an inkjet but I digress.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Honestly. How do they still have customers?? Are the majority of consumers just accepting this?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Own an old HP.

Daaaamn this printer good!

Need new one. Get HP cuz gud, reliable and known.

Get betrayed

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

HP hasn't been good in over 20 years though. Seriously, they've been bottom tier for a long time now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

For people who know their stuff, sure. But for people who use printers cadually? Decade old still good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

With this sort of mentality I wonder. I’m in IT and I would never suggeet any HP equipment (desktops, laptops, servers, monitors, etc).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

My corpo masters are moving us to HP because it's cheaper....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

As per usual they are targeting companies. Just how Windows despite its flaws, high price and security issues remains a dominant force, through retailers and OEMs. HP will sign a contract with a company, they will replace toners and provide all kinds of services for X$ a month. Then you don't care it's garbage that keeps messing things up. Also people higher up who sign these deals have things printed for them, they don't mess with drivers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

People buy them because they are cheap. Ecotanks and Laser printers with good features cost a lot more upfront. Not everyone thinks things through long term.