Seriously, #HP #InstantInk combines all the worst features of #subscriptions and #ManagedServices like #ManagedPrintServices with neither benefits.

• Cuz #MPS for #businesses meant that a business gets a 5-6 digit, extremely fast, production-grade printer and only pays for the #consumeables and maybe setup & availability (similar to #utilities) and in return they don't have to worry and in case of problems call the #ServiceProvider instead.

This is how #TriumpfAdler stays in business: You can't buy their office multifunction systems, but only get them as a subscription through a #ServiceProvider.

• Now this makes sense for a copy/fax/print/scan monster that needs to be forklifted and can spit out triple-digit pages per minute: Not every business is willing or able to sink 5+ digits into that, and instead is happy to pay like 9-19¢ per page + a monthly base fee for that, because #accounting hates having to 'depreciate an asset / investment'.

But for #consumer devices like an #Inkjet #Printer, this is just shafting them when instead of being a convenience (like getting #ink mailed) it's leveraged as a means to prevent the #buyer from being an #owner.

• It's like if a #CreditCard provider used for paying for #fuel prevents car owners from refueling a car if they want to buy gasoline (or diesel or whatever) from a different gas station that their service isn't covering.

It's not as if #HPinstantInk means one gets a "#free" Printer / (or even #MultifunctionPrinter) in return like a "full service #leasing" with #cars, but rather it feels as if a car manufacturer can just decide to repo your car the moment you don't extend your "Extended Warranty Service" for another year...

• Personally, I think #InkjetPrinters should be #outlawed and instead people should just get a used #Laser / #LED printer instead.

The rampant #Enshittification is why I'd love to see a reguar "#2Dprinter" to be #OpenSource'd!

• Seriously, #3Dprinting is way harder and at least #Inkjet designs should be in the cards!

#YouWillOwnNothingAndYouWillBeHappy #YouWillOwnNothing #YouOwnNothing #LateStageCapitalism #Greedflation #greed #Inflation

HP US Homepage History on December 29, 2024!

#homepageexplorer #RedTagSale #YearEndDeals #TechDeals #HPFinancing #BusinessLaptops #PremiumLaptops #AllInOneDesktops #MonitorDeals #InstantInk #HPAllInPlan #TechDiscounts #HPStore

https://homepageexplorer.com/hp-us-homepage-history-on-december-29-2024/

https://youtu.be/E9_dkLUQId8

Via @arstechnica: #HP started bricking #printers with third-party #InkCartridges *years* before it commissioned the sole (theoretical) #security research justifying it.

https://ArsTechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/hp-ceo-blocking-third-party-ink-from-printers-fights-viruses/

It's not about #CyberSecurity. It’s about protecting their #RecurringRevenue from #ink and pushing customers into their #InstantInk subscription program.

#InfoSec “#malware”

HP Instant Ink erhöht seine Preise bis zu 30% ab Februar 2024 Im Segment Drucker Tinten Abo.

Die Tintentarife wurden schon öfters die Preise angezogen, wo es bei den Tonertarifen recht Stabile Preise gibt.

Gibt es zu HP Tinten Abo Modell eine Alternative? Wir konnten leider keine Vergleichbare Alternative finden und es gibt bis jetzt in diesen Segment auch keine Alternative.

#HP #HpDrucker #Drucker #InstantInk #HewlettPackard #Preiserhöhung

https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/hp-instant-ink-preiserhoehung-angekuendigt/

#HP #instantink

Ich fühle mich bei 99 Cent/Monat nicht eingesperrt. Zumal ich monatlich kündigen kann.

Der Umgang mit HP Druckern ist jedoch ein Thema für sich ...

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000198361/hp-managerin-kunden-mit-abo-einsperren-bringt-20-prozent-mehr-umsatz

#HewlettPackard #HP #Drucker #Prnter #InstantInk #printing

Ich nutze HP Instant Ink als meinen Tinten-Lieferservice und bin mit diesem sehr zufrieden.

Nicht ganz so trivial ist das Wechseln eines Druckers. In meinem Fall: Von einem HP Officejet 6970 hin zu einem HP Tango X-Drucker.

Ich habe dafür die #hotline bemühen müssen. Jene hat mir dann kompetent geholfen.

Ergebnis: Drucker getauscht und meine Inklusive-Seiten (45 immerhin) sind gerettet.

Die Bewertung des Service wird positiv sein.

Interessant:

#HPInstantInk bietet nun auch Papier mit an. Für mein 50 Seiten pro Monat würden knapp 2 Euro zusätzlich anfallen für Papier.

Da ich aber noch mindestens ein Karton auf Lager hab, brauch ich so schnell kein Papier.

#InstantInk

My Printer Is Extorting Me

Subscriptions such as HP’s Instant Ink challenge what it means to own our devices.

The credit card I had used to sign up for HP's Instant Ink cartridge-refill program had expired, and the company had effectively bricked my device in response....
#hp #InstantInk
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/02/home-printer-digital-rights-management-hp-instant-ink-subscription/672913/

Schon der zweite Tag des Abrechungszyklus und schon alle Tarifseiten verbraucht. Ob das noch klappt?

#InstantInk #HP #hpinstantink