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   Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:31:57 JST Sexy Moon
   HP sued because some of their shitty all-in-one printer-scanner-faxes won't scan or fax if they're low on ink.
   
   Someone complained on HP forums and an HP employee told them it's necessary. HP tried to get the case thrown out of court because there's a disclaimer on their forum that everyone posting is posting their own opinions so the HP employee on HP forums's statements do not represent HP.
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     mdn (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:36:08 JST mdn

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     @Moon
     TOTAL PROPRIETARY DEATH !
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:36:12 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     That is one of the most ridiculous anti-consumer moves I’ve ever seen.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:36:42 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Why would the statements in the forum matter for purposes of alleging a complaint? The printers don't scan or print when the ink is low. What's some guy's specific statement have to do with it at this point?
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:39:41 JST Sexy Moon

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     • Mitch Conner
     @olmitch same
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     Mitch Conner (olmitch@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:39:42 JST Mitch Conner

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     @Moon You can get a completely open source 3D printer, but there is a huge free software blind spot for 2d printing :( If I company like say, Pine64, suddenly made a really shitty open source printer, I would use it as long as the results were remotely legible.
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     ? (cereal@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:40:49 JST ?

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     @Moon that there is how societies end. Allowing a cancer like a legal system that exists for shit like that to grow.
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:40:56 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @cereal @Moon It's probably for the best, then. :blobfoxpatmelt:
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:47:40 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Mitch Conner
     What does “put watermarks in the printer hardware” mean?
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     Mitch Conner (olmitch@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:47:41 JST Mitch Conner

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     @Moon the printing press is one of the most disruptive inventions in history. Allowing the common man to read and examine the Bible. The pamphlets that were hand distributed during the American Revolution, etc. I think "freedom of the press" should be taken quite literally. The right to print any materials you like without interference. I think the same people who put watermarks in the printer hardware probably make it very difficult for anyone who tries to produce an open source printer.
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     Sexy Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:49:52 JST Sexy Moon

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     @bot @olmitch color laser printers put invisible marks in your printouts that contain the serial number of the printer so they can catch people using the printer committing crimes.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:53:36 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • Mitch Conner
     Oh yeah I knew about that.
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     Mitch Conner (olmitch@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 03:53:37 JST Mitch Conner

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     • Fediverse Contractor
     @bot @Moon yep, printing is not private, for counterfeiting reasons. It is hypothetically possible for the authorities to track you down if you post something they don't like on a wall or lightpole.
     
     https://www.eff.org/issues/printers
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     Poppy Farbird (Pen Name) (limepeep@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 04:49:18 JST Poppy Farbird (Pen Name)

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     @Moon@shitposter.club Really starting to think the same company where I cannot fucking delete my account at all is actually a fucking piece of shit.
     (No, really, you cannot delete your HP account.)

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     gvs (gvs@rebelbase.site)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 05:24:40 JST gvs

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     HP printers and scanners are junk anyway. Don't buy them please
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 17:41:24 JST 翠星石

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     • Mitch Conner
     @olmitch "open source" refers to the license on some source code or a development model, so I don't see any way to make such physical printer.
     
     More details on the topic is: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html
     
     If you were to design a reliable printer that ran 100% free software and released the hardware design as a free hardware design and offered manufactured units for sale, you'll soon be attacked with patents by all the printer companies (despite how information on all basic printer functionalities have been publicly available for 50+ years, those companies have been awarded patents on basic printer functionalities).