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This is exactly what they do. Not to worry, they also region lock the ink as well.

by delfinom 3y ago

1-6 3y ago
I wonder what happens when car companies increasingly connect their vehicles to cell towers?
- eli 3y ago
  https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscription... (I believe they rolled it back after an outcry)
- qwerty456127 3y ago
  They will make using an app on a vendor-locked smartphone the only way to unlock the doors, start the engine etc.
- thrtythreeforty 3y ago
  People have started identifying and pulling the fuses on vehicles' cell radios. I would also be interested in digging down to the radio itself and replacing the antenna with a dummy load.
  - midnitewarrior 3y ago
    That may create a parasitic battery drain if I radio is constantly seeking connection to a cell tower and not finding it. Subaru experienced a similar problem with their StarLink service after the 3G network shut down, car batteries started draining while trying to talk to towers that no longer existed.
- anonymousiam 3y ago
  Things such as this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038
byteknight 3y ago
Buy HP from costco. They don't have the DRM.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  Better still is to not reward companies for customer-hostile design and buy a different brand. Brother laser printers are my recommendation as ink-jets end up costing a lot more and involve more faffing around with trying to clear dried nozzles after they're not used for a while.
  - danudey 3y ago
    Brother printers are really something. I recently replaced my old Brother laser with a new one and was surprised to find that it's just as "it just works" as the last one was (which was also surprising). I connected it to the network, and boom, everything I have can print. Didn't need to install drivers on most things (but the printer utility is handy). You can send it documents via IPP, but also any other protocol that might be a good way to get a document to a printer, including USB, POP3, IMAP, LPR, and like a dozen other options. It feels like one of their engineers sat down at one point and just went through every possible protocol they could think of and implemented a module for it, and they just kept it that way for the last 10+ years. Plus second-hand toner just works, no DRM, and toner is relatively cheap all in all. I'm not getting screwed by them on printing cost, and if I were I can go somewhere else for my consumables.
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - smegsicle 3y ago
      brother has in the past pushed automatic updates to lock out third party toner
    - sentientslug 3y ago
      Can I ask what model you have?

This is exactly what they do. Not to worry, they also region lock the ink as well.

1-6 3y ago

I wonder what happens when car companies increasingly connect their vehicles to cell towers?

eli 3y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscription... (I believe they rolled it back after an outcry)
qwerty456127 3y ago
They will make using an app on a vendor-locked smartphone the only way to unlock the doors, start the engine etc.
thrtythreeforty 3y ago
People have started identifying and pulling the fuses on vehicles' cell radios. I would also be interested in digging down to the radio itself and replacing the antenna with a dummy load.
- midnitewarrior 3y ago
  That may create a parasitic battery drain if I radio is constantly seeking connection to a cell tower and not finding it. Subaru experienced a similar problem with their StarLink service after the 3G network shut down, car batteries started draining while trying to talk to towers that no longer existed.
anonymousiam 3y ago
Things such as this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37971038

byteknight 3y ago

Buy HP from costco. They don't have the DRM.

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
Better still is to not reward companies for customer-hostile design and buy a different brand. Brother laser printers are my recommendation as ink-jets end up costing a lot more and involve more faffing around with trying to clear dried nozzles after they're not used for a while.
- danudey 3y ago
  Brother printers are really something. I recently replaced my old Brother laser with a new one and was surprised to find that it's just as "it just works" as the last one was (which was also surprising). I connected it to the network, and boom, everything I have can print. Didn't need to install drivers on most things (but the printer utility is handy). You can send it documents via IPP, but also any other protocol that might be a good way to get a document to a printer, including USB, POP3, IMAP, LPR, and like a dozen other options. It feels like one of their engineers sat down at one point and just went through every possible protocol they could think of and implemented a module for it, and they just kept it that way for the last 10+ years. Plus second-hand toner just works, no DRM, and toner is relatively cheap all in all. I'm not getting screwed by them on printing cost, and if I were I can go somewhere else for my consumables.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - smegsicle 3y ago
    brother has in the past pushed automatic updates to lock out third party toner
  - sentientslug 3y ago
    Can I ask what model you have?