You know, you're not "wrong", but I do kind of feel like it's sort of a depressing state of affairs that HP is just allowed to break stuff and remove value from

You know, you're not "wrong", but I do kind of feel like it's sort of a depressing state of affairs that HP is just allowed to break stuff and remove value from the economy, and it's a profitable decision for them. Like, fundamentally an economic model should incentivize the creation of value; I buy a widget from you for $N, you get $N, and I get to own something that is worth $N; if HP is actively sabotaging existing printers/cartridges, it just feels like it's subtracting value.