• TwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    5 days ago

    They put a sticker over the USB port to pigeon hole you into using their shit software hp smart. Hp smart then tries to get you on the ink subscription.

    Credit card and email harvesting. Hoping you forget.

    They’re easily the worst but even brother has an ink subscription now. They’re just not as fuck you about it. One day I’m sure.

  • AlreadyDefederated@midwest.socialEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    Brother.

    Its printers used to be kinda so-so, but HP and the other brands decided to become so shitty - Brother became number 1 by remaining stagnant.

    • Mailloche@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Thanks to techies here and on the other site I won’t name, after 30 years I moved to dry ink. My laser Brother I bought used for 80$ with 3 full cartridges and an open one, will last me until I die. I can print 3500 pages! Laser is beyond superior vs inkjet. It’s not even comparable.

      • noughtnaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Seconded! At least, about the brand loyalty, can’t speak to the claim of them being stagnant.

        I’m 51. I’m on my 3rd laser printer, ever. I shudder to think about how many inkjets I would’ve gone through, judging by the struggles I have seen in other households of just my own family.

        First one was a giant thing from Oki whose main beauty was that it did proper PostScript and had both ethernet (10-base T) and AppleTalk, which we needed. The other ones were from Brother, first a black and white model and now a colour thing with duplex and a scanner. Not great for photos but everything else it just owns.

    • Mycatiskai@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I’ve had the same Brother printer since 2009, my ex left it with me in 2015 and I still have it.

      I still haven’t changed the toner cartridge, it stays unplugged and unhooked except 2-3 times a year when I need a shipping label printed.

      I watched a video yesterday about these $195 printers or you rent for $9 a month for two years that end up costing 50 bucks more at the end of the rental period and you still don’t own the printer after that. If you print more than 20 pages a month then you get charged more.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    HP Printer stories. You think, “Ah, I haven’t seen one in a long time. I guess everyone finally understands what a huge fucking nightmare they’re designed to be.”

    *click*

    Oh. Well. Hahahahaha. Welcome to the party, pal.

      • Whitebrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        4 days ago

        They disable the cartridge, not the printer itself iirc. If all you have is the subscription cartridges, then it basically bricks your printer since none of them will print without a valid subscription regardless if they have ink or not.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    107·
    5 days ago

    Don’t know what everyone is bitching about. They have an option to enter a bank routing and account number option so this won’t happen.