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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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HP insists you must use their cloud printing service, covers USB port with sticker (yiffit.net)
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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

HP bricked my printer after about 100 pages in 2020. I bought one when my office went remoted, and even then their subscription service was clearly predatory.

Hated having to do it, but I threw it out. I just use the library printer now.