Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be headed to Chrome OS

Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by tn13 on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:10PM (#11565652)

So true. Printing, copying technology seems so out of date and stone age like compared to other consumer electronics. Why cant I jsut print something off my iphone on any generic printer ? Why do printers come up with so much junkware ? Why are the prices of ink so damn expensive ?

I think Apple, MS or someone else must come up with a good printer and kill rest of the printer industry.

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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by vidarh on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:16PM (#11565700)

Printers are crap because most people don't need to print much, so most printers that are sold are basically the equivalent of the shaving stick that's sold only to enable the sales of replacement razor blades (ink cartridges).

Ink is expensive because again: Most people don't print much, and most people have printers that that have some very specific ink cartridge and will blindly buy the manufacturer brand ink because it's easier that way.

If you print much, pay for a reasonable laser printer, and your experience and cost per page are both much better.

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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by justinsaccount on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:16PM (#11565695)

> I think Apple, MS or someone else must come up with a good printer and kill rest of the printer industry.

They did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserWriter

Everything since then has been garbage.

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