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   thepoliticalcat (thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 21:26:22 JST thepoliticalcat

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   • John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

   @johnlogic Late-stage capitalism has broken HP's brains. They used to be one of the best companies in the Silly Valley. Now they straight up acting like predators, pissing off customers.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 21:26:22 JST Rich Felker

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     • John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

     @thepoliticalcat @johnlogic OK but that happened like 2+ decades ago... AFAIK the last time HP had a product that wasn't a scam was the LaserJet 4.

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     John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 (johnlogic@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 21:26:23 JST John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

     "Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges

     HP already has a reputation for breaking printers with updates."

     by Scharon Harding
     Mar 10, 2025 11:05 AM

     https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/firmware-update-bricks-hp-printers-makes-them-unable-to-use-hp-cartridges/