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When the business model changes after you buy the printer, how are you supposed to know about it? Instead of calling it "hand wringing" think of it as "educati
by shaftway 6y ago
When the business model changes after you buy the printer, how are you supposed to know about it?
Instead of calling it "hand wringing" think of it as "educating potential buyers of HP's past abuses so they don't make the mistake of buying one"
- andromeduck 6y agoLook, I'm not against going after HP for loss of use as here, and I'm all for the end users hacking the hardware they purchased to suit their desires, but where a lot of these activist groups loose me is when they try to force their ideas of how these business relationships should be structured upon everyone else. And at the end of the day there is a reason why brands and trademarks exist. The reputation of a business has value. Caveat emptor.
- shaftway 6y agoIt's not complaints about how their business relationships should be structured. It's complaints about how the business relationships are structured and then changed out from underneath the consumer. And at the end of the day there is a reason why articles like this exist. To destroy the reputation of businesses that do this.
- ashtonkem 6y agoAlso, don't be foolish enough to buy a printer from a company that'll be sold to HP within the next 15-20 years.