Re:How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
by cnity on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @10:45AM
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I regret my tone. I let cynicism get the better of me there, sorry!
Re:How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
by Majestic121 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @10:54AM
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To be fair I start to have the same doubts as you, I noticed a lot of recommendations for Brothers printers, seemingly out of nowhere recently.
Might be due to a couple of bad HP printers hitting the frontpage of HN recently, and people genuinely being happy with their Brothers, but it pulled my suspicion trigger as well
Re:How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
by effingwewt on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:27AM
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The truly sad part is your reaction is perfectly normal critical thinking for the age we live in. We are bombarded with lies constantly and as such I've decided I'd rather be a cynic than a perpetual victim.
Age of information, indeed. I guess I just naively assumed it'd be correct information.
I've gone through 3 (Epson) inkjets last decade (as I do need to print Photos - but only occasionally), and SO much consistent hassle with cleaning heads and refilling and bad prints. Meanwhile I have a Brother 2270DW for at least the last decade for regular printing and it just works. I've gone through the original small and one big toner in that period. Happy to discuss how to prove I'm not a shill :)