Canon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might pay

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Canon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might pay - Lemmy.world

Legislation is Way overdue for this nonsense. My home security cameras are all being disabled and unable to record videos as they have for years because the company (fuck you Arlo) has decided they want users to just suddenly start paying subscription fees. If we let them every company will eventually move to this model. Even staunch capitalists need to recognize that this is an issue begging for legislation. Stop this insanity.
It needs to be eWaste prevention law. Perfectly functioning hardware should never become a brick due to license/subscription. Period. I don’t care if your business model is based on it. Fuck you.