Technology

59389 readers

3679 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

420

HP CEO: You're 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

101 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Because they sell the printers at loss, expecting you to buy their overpriced ink, continually earning them money for years.

Sounds like a subscription to be honest.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 10 months ago

I know we assume they're following the "razor blade" model but I actually find it hard to believe the printers are sold at a loss given how cheap it is to produce at this point.

Unless by "loss" we're saying "less than HP thought it could extract."

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They want to make it a subscription that starts automatically when you buy the printer. No payment or the linked credit card expires, no more printing. Keep on paying for that subscription each month even if you don't print a single page.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

HP literally has that already. They call their dystopian product "Instant ink."

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And they're fuming because they can't force this down the throat of every "bad investments". Not yet anyway.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But they're really trying with HP+ printers that come with a 3 month trial of Instant Ink. And it's not like you lose the ability to use 3rd party cartridges, because those HP+ printers already come locked down from factory. Those HP+ printers also have extra REQUIREMENTS: HP Account and internet connection.

Imagine if you needed internet connection and some account to control your lights. Oh, Philips Hue changed their ToS, so now you do.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Why internet of things is a bad idea for 500, Alex.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Here was I, thinking printers couldn’t get worse