HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card expires

Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by anononaut on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:10AM (#34694569)

I think about this often. I feel justified by working on a product that is strictly B2B, enterprise software. No predatory practices towards end users. Is that any better or am I deluding myself?

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by lstodd on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:27AM (#34694810)

Yes you are. Your end users are B, but that doesn't matter if the practices in question are in fact predatory.

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by phkahler on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:52AM (#34695213)

>> I think about this often. I feel justified by working on a product that is strictly B2B, enterprise software. No predatory practices towards end users. Is that any better or am I deluding myself?

I think the question is whether you're providing an actual service that has value, or just charging rent for the software and calling it SaaS. Software has a marginal cost of ZERO, so SaaS is often simple rent-seeking. A company might actually use the money to develop a better version of the software, but that's actually optional on their part.

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