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

The most unrealistic part of #BlackMirror is that after a tech company dies, their customers can still use the product they have bought. Breaks my immersion every time!

#youownnothing #bm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62weyp4qqgo
#vw #volkswagen #abo #youownnothing

Volkswagen sells you a car with all the hardware. But to use the hardware fully, the one you paid for, you need a subscription, an abo…
In the UK. Not in the US. The “you own nothing” model is coming closer to us in Europe. So far, mist of the crap was in the US, but no it is coming closer.

“VW says the "optional power upgrade" will cost £16.50 per month or £165 annually - or people can choose to pay £649 for a lifetime subscription.”

Another example:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/28/22351901/bmw-high-beam-assist-assistant-dlc-paid-update-ota

I think I also recall the heating in a BMW.
Next I need a subscription for wheels, steering wheels, seats, window wipers, …
Why do people accept this black mailing?
Better to get a car now, before it is going totally insane