I just recently set up one of those printers. They have a lot of dark patterns trying to steer you towards the app (and the "instant ink" junk), but it was stil

I just recently set up one of those printers. They have a lot of dark patterns trying to steer you towards the app (and the "instant ink" junk), but it was still possible to skip over that and do all the setup on the printer itself, at which point it became a normal discoverable network printer.