The problem here is that in a perfect world this would not be a viable business model. This device makes so many trade-offs (both in terms of performance as wel

The problem here is that in a perfect world this would not be a viable business model. This device makes so many trade-offs (both in terms of performance as well as eco-friendliness - shipping back spent cartridges for recycling significantly offsets if not completely eliminates the benefit of recycling) that it wouldn't exist. The only reason why this exists isn't because it's a good product, it's because they can use marketing to mislead people into thinking it's a great eco-friendly product, grift ecology-related government grants or raise investment to keep their sinking ship afloat (this is where the DRM comes from). The issue here is that in today's world we've normalized lying and screwing people over, both the investors and end-users alike.