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Re: HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times

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On Sun, 03 Mar 2024 09:50:22 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:
>
> On 2024-03-02, Internetado wrote:
>
>> HP's "All-In Plan" requires a constant internet connection so that the
>> company can see not just how many pages you're printing, but what file
>> types. It costs up to $36 per month.
>>
>> https://www.wired.com/story/hp-all-in-plan-printer-subscription-service/
>
> This has been making the rounds on fediverse (or at least on Mastodon?)
> for a while now - I guess HP is trying really hard to kill their printer
> business. Which, a looong time ago, might have been something they
> didn't suck at?
>
> Now is this going to happen only with inkjet or with their laser
> printers too?

You [agree to] *rent* a printer and ink.

Quote:

| HP launched a subscription service Thursday that rents people a
| printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends
| them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to
| simplify printing for families and small businesses, but the deal
| also comes with monitoring and a years-long commitment.

Fine with me.
-- 
Andreas

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HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times "Internetado" <internetado@bbs.alt119.net> - 2024-03-02 20:10 -0300
  Re: HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-03 09:50 +0000
    Re: HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2024-03-03 21:53 -0500
      Re: HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times Arthur Conan Doyle <dont@bother.com> - 2024-03-04 12:59 -0600
        Re: HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It Monitors at All Times jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2024-03-13 18:00 +0000

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