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HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments" (www.techspot.com)
submitted 5 months ago by ChanchoManco@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org
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From my point of view HP printers are a bad investment.

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[-] Zellith@kbin.social 96 points 5 months ago

"We have seen that you can embed viruses into cartridges, through the cartridge go to the printer, from the printer go to the network, so it can create many more problems for customers."

Seems like it's a problem of their own making tbh..

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 92 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No kidding. "We've allowed our cartridges to arbitrarily execute code. It's the user's fault."

[-] Zworf@beehaw.org 46 points 5 months ago

And the only reason code is even in there is because of their DRM :P

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hey, we need a robust serial connection to our cartridges for checking ink levels. Nothing more basic would do. /s

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

"Also, 'check ink levels' by counting how many pages were printed while this cartridge was installed"

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