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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by jeromegv on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:46PM (#28889762)
American society in a nutshell. Need to drive 20 min to reach civilization so instead you end up buying inkjet printers that are likely end up in the trash every year due to their low quality production and because the corporation is scamming you with overpriced cartridges.
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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by lazide on Saturday October 16, 2021 @03:52PM (#28890882)
Yup. Socio-economic and geographic forces are powerful, and there is a reason why many things are different in the US from denser locales with historically stable and established urban centers like Europe or Asia.

Give us another couple thousand years or so.

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