I suppose. There are a lot of things I don't like or use on principle, even if it might appear to make my life easier in the moment. Things that push us toward,

I suppose. There are a lot of things I don't like or use on principle, even if it might appear to make my life easier in the moment. Things that push us toward, "you will own nothing and be happy," tend to fall into that category. Other things, like Temu, which accelerate the race to the bottom and promote mindless consumption of disposable goods, is another category I try to avoid on principle. Over time, I think both categories will make the world a worse place. I can't get behind these things and I carry some animosity for people who support and spread them. In both cases, I think the people supporting/using these things are not thinking things through and are only thinking about today at the expense of tomorrow. I think this is the core of my struggle when I try to understand the other side. On the one hand, thinking about ordering ink is a thing of the past (a fairly trivial task for a home user imo). On the other hand, when the internet goes down, or something happens which impact the user's ability to pay a monthly fee for ink, their ability to print is completely gone. Never mind that they have everything they need and have paid a lot of money over time for it. The printer then becomes e-waste, even when it should work perfectly fine under a different pricing or subscription model. A simple ink monitor with an auto-reorder based on usage patterns should be enough. That wouldn't require locking it down, the user could cancel any time and still use the printer/ink they have... then if/when they are ready to sign back up, they can. Or just order ink ad-hoc. I'd have no problem with this.