HP outrages printer users with firmware update suddenly bricking third-party ink

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Post by xweb » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 4:27 AM UTC

HP outrages printer users with firmware update suddenly bricking third-party ink
arstechnica.com

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Post by lowlevel » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 7:08 AM UTC

I tried to read the article but my HP computer just turned off randomly and installed an unauthorized bios update bricking it. I'm on my phone now and outraged.

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Post by frankjr » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 7:26 AM UTC

It seems like a desperate move to make as much money as possible before the consumer printing industry becomes irrelevant.

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Post by kramerger » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 7:29 AM UTC

Just imagine how much cheaper their printers and cartridges would be if they didn't waste money on security chips and OTA infrastructure

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Post by kramerger » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 7:36 AM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #3

It seems like a desperate move to make as much money as possible before the consumer printing industry becomes irrelevant.

20-25 years ago ink generated the majority of their profits. They know what they are doing.

These days they have fewer enterprise costumers so they need to be more careful on how they introduce it.

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Post by jamesy0ung » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 8:04 AM UTC

I swear I've heard this exact story before

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Post by eternityforest » Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 8:15 AM UTC

frankjr wrote: post #3

It seems like a desperate move to make as much money as possible before the consumer printing industry becomes irrelevant.

I wonder what happens then. Do printers become unaffordable, or will some random Chinese company make a $30 printer?

A lot of arts and crafts and decorations become real hard without a printer,and monochrome laser is basically useless for home use cases(Unless you actually like paper for documents)