CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 years agoHP Printrulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up11.87Karrow-down10
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minus-squareSpookyOperative@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 years agoBut in this analogy, instead of disabling the ink/internet, they disabled your entire printer/computer. They didn’t withold further service, they actively made something this person already owns useless through a malicious backdoor.
minus-squarePifpafpouf@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoThey don’t though, they disable printing with the subscription’s cartridges. You can still buy other cartridges and it will work.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 years ago changing cartridges didn’t seem to work
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat still seems like it crosses a line to me
But in this analogy, instead of disabling the ink/internet, they disabled your entire printer/computer. They didn’t withold further service, they actively made something this person already owns useless through a malicious backdoor.
They don’t though, they disable printing with the subscription’s cartridges. You can still buy other cartridges and it will work.
That still seems like it crosses a line to me