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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by RobotToaster on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:54AM (#34691164)
>Your Wi-Fi router or switches only working when a license is active

Cisco says hi.

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by ChuckNorris89 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:40AM (#34692562)
Indeed. I'm surprised there isn't more outrage on this since they're cloud based subscription-ware.

I guess the enterprise customers don't care about everything being a subscription.

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by mistrial9 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:40AM (#34694999)
the relationship is more two-way, and always on.. in the consumer anecdotes here, the customer is just a victim
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