They do it because they can get away with it. Zero consequences, and they still have a legion of customers who are happy to piss their money down the drain on egregiously overpriced ink.
I totally agree with you: Brother laser printers all the way.
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BrownianMotion@lemmy.world 9 months ago
At this point, I am positive the HP printer marketing department, have lost their collective minds.
Most marketing departments are retarded, but this seems to be a new level of dumb. Bricking printers, blocking 3rd party, messing with firmware, price gouging…
Brother are simple, reliable, low cost and dependable. Every one I have used in commercial or watched in home use have been straight up boss. I don’t own one, but it will be my next printer when the Epson runs out of ink, mark my words!
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 months ago
harmsy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
As a satisfied owner of a Brother laser printer, I can safely say I would never want anything else.
Plopp@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m so glad I just happened to get a Brother. It was the cheapest one that had the features I wanted (that wasn’t from a completely unknown brand) and it wasn’t an HP. I’ve been nothing but happy with mine and seeing all the love Brother printers get it feels like I totally lucked out.
kalleboo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
People keep buying them. If people are that dumb, they’d be insane NOT to milk them for cash
chitak166@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This. Just like Apple users.