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HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

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[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 80 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The original mastodon post that kicked off this controversy: https://haunted.computer/@netspooky/110832978569741892

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 year ago

the original mastodon post

Unrelated to this post:

IMO it's stuff like this, original content that shows up on Mastodon/Lemmy/Kbin first, that will get people to switch over.

Slow organic growth is nice. Keep making good quality content and people will shift over