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A better analogy might be if a tire company could only sell its tires through the Ford/GM "store"/dealership. Nobody would put up with that.
by beezle 3y ago
A better analogy might be if a tire company could only sell its tires through the Ford/GM "store"/dealership. Nobody would put up with that.
- ab209 3y ago[dead]
- m4rtink 3y agoYet people put up with hardware lock-in on printer toner and cartridges (which is also very wrong).
- alt227 3y agoNot willingly. Theres plenty of uproar and lawsuits around that one too. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-sued-again-for-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-accused-of-monopoly/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-sued-again-for-bl...
- johnnyanmac 3y agoI don't. I barely have a need to print to begin with but just enough that I have a printer. Printers aren't continually iterating in what and how they can print so I can survive on 10+ year old printers.