They want to make it a subscription that starts automatically when you buy the printer. No payment or the linked credit card expires, no more printing. Keep on paying for that subscription each month even if you don’t print a single page.
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user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months agoBecause they sell the printers at loss, expecting you to buy their overpriced ink, continually earning them money for years.
Sounds like a subscription to be honest.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They literally have that already.
SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And they’re fuming because they can’t force this down the throat of every “bad investments”. Not yet anyway.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
But they’re really trying with HP+ printers that come with a 3 month trial of Instant Ink. And it’s not like you lose the ability to use 3rd party cartridges, because those HP+ printers already come locked down from factory. Those HP+ printers also have extra REQUIREMENTS: HP Account and internet connection.
Imagine if you needed internet connection and some account to control your lights. Oh, Philips Hue changed their ToS, so now you do.
Archer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Here was I, thinking printers couldn’t get worse
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
I know we assume they’re following the “razor blade” model but I actually find it hard to believe the printers are sold at a loss given how cheap it is to produce at this point.
Unless by “loss” we’re saying “less than HP thought it could extract.”
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They’re absolutely not producing them at a loss. The loss is only in their projections and expectations to price gouge their customers.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I just looked. You can get an HP Deskjet on Amazon for $40. They are producing those at a loss and expecting people to pay for their bullshit ink subscriptions.