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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by josephcsible on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:47AM (#34695129)
What's the difference between these two cases?

1. Pay $1 for a subscription, print like crazy until your first set of cartridges are empty, then immediately cancel

2. Pay $1 for a subscription, immediately cancel, then keep printing with your first set of cartridges until they're empty

Today, HP allows 1 but not 2. Why?

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Re:HP bricking printers remotely if the client's credit card... by SkyBelow on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:19PM (#34695642)
You pay $1 for 10 pages and then they charge per page after that. You will end up paying more than just buying a cartridge if you tried 1.
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