this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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that there's already an established oligopoly that sells their machines at a loss
Hm yeah, competing with such loss leader printers would be difficult. But how come I've never heard of anyone making things such as bootleg printer ink? Or does the police barge into the doors of anyone who tries?
Can confirm that bootleg printer ink is a thing. It used to be all I used. While sites dedicated to it off Amazon doesn’t cut it.
But as someone else pointed out, manufacturers have been adding “DRM” to cartridges in more recent years. Even in older printers, I will get complaints doubting the authenticity of the cartridges I was putting in.
Please forgive the multiple posts. My UI is glitchy af and reports errors when there were none.