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My Samsung printer (ML2165W) has some similar stupidity. I had to flash it to accept a toner bought elsewhere. It caught me off guard, my previous laser print

• pasbesoin 13y ago
  Thank you for including the model number. I haven't turned it into a business model nor personal public initiative, yet, but I think we are to the point of needing to name and shame. And then conduct, or withhold, our business accordingly.
  • r00fus 13y ago
    The manufacturers are way ahead of us here. Do you know how many model numbers the average printer manufacturer has - sometimes for the same product? It's a byzantine mess that shifts every week or so. If you can solve this problem, you can also solve the problem of having consistent reviews for products.
    • gohrt 13y ago
      If one model has consumer-hostile features, simply avoid all models from that manufacturer. If someone makes a business of hitting me with his Buick, I don't keep their company when they come around in their Oldsmobile.
      • r00fus 13y ago
        The logical solution is to fall into the arms of Apple or their equivalent in a given industry. In many areas, Apple doesn't exist (even with a different name). Worse, sometimes they exist, but only for a brief time as the company strip-mines the goodwill that a given product has to extract more profits and then fall back to "industry rest-state". Customer preference to control manufacturers' behavior is a model that rarely works.