> and return the Subscription Cartridges to HP as detailed in Section 5.e (“Subscription Cartridges must be returned by You to HP”). No mention of the printer

> and return the Subscription Cartridges to HP as detailed in Section 5.e (“Subscription Cartridges must be returned by You to HP”). No mention of the printer being disabled, but mention that OP is required to return the cartridge that they didn't return. If they actually intend for you to return the cartridge HPs position is a lot more reasonable. It's no longer "and we destroy the ink that you didn't use" it's "and we re-sell the ink you didn't use to someone else". On the other hand if this is basically just a scam where they intend for you to think you have a working printer, when you don't, unless you resubscribe. Then that's despicable. The fact that they apparently didn't follow up asking for their cartridge back makes me suspicious that it is this.