HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly::Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.
Perhaps they’ll be fined 1/4 day’s profits and carry on like nothing happened ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Bingo. The fines for these behemoths are pathetic. “I know what will work, let’s shake them down for their lunch money!”
What could work is to impose a daily progressing fine until the firmware change Is reversed and 3rd party ink Is allowed again.
printing all that paper in order to sue them probably ended up costing more than their fine
HP is a dead company. Like a zombie that doesn’t know it’s state. Die already!
HP’s consumer division certainly is. Their computers are buttgarbage and their printers are outright scams at this point. My understanding though is they make shit like MRI machines…yeah the company is a zombie.
That’s probably HPE. The companies split a while back
So they’re completely unrelated? I thought it was just a division of hp. I don’t know much, but I’ve heard hpe makes good stuff.
Completely different companies. In 2015 HP became HP Inc keeping consumer products like printers and laptops and HPE split taking servers and business stuff. I assume lap equipment went to HPE as well but couldn’t find anything on a quick search.
I wonder what the people who work there are like
I get what you’re saying, but the majority of them are probably fine humans just trying to make a living
Is there a place to check and compare printers in respect to this?
I’m currently looking for a printer replacement and don’t want to lock myself to printers like these. I know to stay away from HP as it looks like they are the biggest offender. I know that brother generally was good, but I’m not sure if that still holds true.
I have a Epson Eco tank printer that you just fill the tanks. There is no way for them to prevent you from using any ink you want.
Yeah those CISS style ones are awesome, really glad Epson embraced it after years of customers using 3rd party CISS.
If I were to get an inkjet again (I have a bw brother laser MFC), it’d definitely be a ciss.
Can HP go fucking bancrupt already?
Get a Brother laser printer and never look back
Just to add to this… I rarely print anything, but my wife (an elementary school teacher) prints all kinds of stuff! We picked up an eco tank printer from Epson. We’ve had it now for a coupe years and it’s been fantastic! We would replace ink cartridges a few times a year previously… Where as with the eco tank we do about once a year. The print quality has held up, and it’s just been a good little work horse for her!
Monopoly 🙄
What a stupid fucking way to go after HP.
If they cannot be trusted to compete fairly in the market, they should not compete in the market. Dissolve them, nationalize them, I don’t care. We can’t afford this bad behavior any more.
HP is a failed capitalistic experiment.
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I was able to install old firmware on an HP printer and circumvent the ink lockout. It’s highly dependant on when your particular printer was made, but it is an option. Just make sure you also turn off all the auto update options.
