soyagiAug 5, 2023

HP insists you must use their cloud printing service, covers USB port with sticker

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Show threadYⓄ乙 Aug 6, 2023
Just stop buying their product. Issue fixed !
Show threadLichbaneLBAug 6, 2023
If only life were that simple. Whose laptops am I going to buy? Dell: Marks up replacement SSD prices by 10x (including the predatory behaviour of embedding QR codes to these in the bios to be shown in error states) Apple: … Microsoft:
Show threadZiemekZ

Marks up replacement SSD prices by 10x

You know you can just pop in a Crucial MX500, right?

Aug 29, 2023 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadLichbaneLBAug 30, 2023

And I did. The issue is they put in a QR code for their own $800 500 GB SSD in the bios error message for when your SSD breaks.

My non-technical friend had no idea it’s an obscene price and may have bought it just to get his laptop working.