Complainants smack back after hardware giant moves to dismiss lawsuit

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    “In the case, which began in January, the plaintiffs are arguing that HP issued a firmware update between late 2022 and early 2023 that they allege disabled their printers if they installed a replacement cartridge that was not HP-branded.”

    Can we get a 2d printer that isn’t exploitative? I print on paper with a sharpie on my Ender because of bs like this

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      Get Brother laser printer. It will pay for itself in a few months due to ink cartel.

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    HP CEO Enrique Lores has made no secret of the fact that it hopes to pull customers into a print subscription business model. he wants to be added to The List.