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Hp and Microsoft are two sides of the same shit coin.

Do a lot of tech support for older retired professionals. I believe 90% of hps business are these people. They used their products when they were working and believe they are still a reliable product.

Between the ink subscriptions and the absolute nightmare of that fucking app have had 7 hp printers stop working since January exclusively because of software.

There was an article on here a while ago showing the sticker that hp put over the usb port in an effort to get you to register the product and use their app. It’s literally a sticker covering the port direct from the manufacturer. Saw one in real life last month and was still dumbfounded.

Everyone wants you on the subscription tit it seems.

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Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And they can’t even dig that tit from their shirt properly. They can deliver managed enterprise printers quickly, but getting necessary onboarding info requires kidnapping a product manager and removing few fingers…

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phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My partner bought an HP printer once. I was setting it up and the thing required me to accept data sharing with Google and Facebook. Sorry, no you may not share the things I print with Google and Facebook. What the fuck. This is a printer I paid for, not a god damn website. I returned it the next day and bought the dumbest laser jet printer I could find.

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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

They used their products when they were working and believe they are still a reliable product.

There are almost no products that stay good forever. They may great products for a while, develop a stellar reputation, get bought out, then the new owner exploits that reputation for short term profits.

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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Was HP ever a reliable product?

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- RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was and still more or less am a fan of HP for their business-class products. I’ve strayed away for my current gen of personal machines only because of budget, but their tablet PCs were absolutely awesome with Linux.
  
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