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>>Annoyingly, it doesn't come with a USB cable! I thought that was to save money - but they included a UK and EU power cable, so I think it's just to "encourage

>>Annoyingly, it doesn't come with a USB cable! I thought that was to save money - but they included a UK and EU power cable, so I think it's just to "encourage" using the WiFi. I don't think any domestic laser printer came with a USB cable in the last 20 years. It's not a conspiracy to make you use wi-fi - it's just manufacturers being cheap and not including the USB cable has been the standard for a really really long time. >>" Even more annoyingly, it doesn't use USB-C - instead it's that awful square USB plug. Eugh!" Again, that has been the standard in printers since forever.

b112 5y ago
Yet what will happen, is some marketing yukity-yuk, will see this blog, and proclaim it's getting "lots of comments and traffic". Ports will be changed, for no good reason, as well as a dozen other things. (See! That ID mode confuses people, axe it!) Meanwhile, they won't look at discussions like this, and on other sites linking to similar discussions about this blog post. And thus, more dumbing down of computing. More reduction in capability, and ease of use. I bet calling toner, ink, is due to a single person in Iowa, being confused for 12 seconds, and posting about it. Meanwhile, they got it, are not still confused, but of course who updates a post to reflect that. (The above is how I view the competences of marketing types)