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HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers (www.techspot.com)
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HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers::undefined

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[โ€“] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Boasting about being evil. Nice.

[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Locking in customers is a sane, normal business practice. Sell razors cheap, get 'em on razor blades. One would hope said business provides a solid product, but what if they don't?

If consumers, after a decade or two, can't recognize how stupid inkjet tech is, what a money-hole it is, and what a clusterfuck HP is, why should HP act differently? 5-minutes of Googling would solve this issue for consumers.

"Buy a Brother laser." And we're done here.