Perfectly clear instructions HP

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• HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I read about this. They make the printer WITH a perfectly good USB port and then stick a “no USB” label over it and attempt to force you to use their wireless setup.

  post.lurk.org/@yaxu/110833261398955782 for more.

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  • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    trying to force the app, force the networking… get the printer online and sending data back, trick an account signup too… because, hey. user data nom nom nom.

    and of course, also trick you into enabling automatic firmware updates–the first of which will be waiting for you and ramps-up blocking of third-party consumables.

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    • Graphy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t forget all the ads to buy their ink every month and other bullshit

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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When I put the old HP printer on the network, I put it into a “Restricted Internet Access” group on the router. Indended for limiting the kids’ internet access times, but you can set it to locked perpetually.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And if they do have USB printing, the firmware might still say “no”. Don’t buy HP printers if you just want to print and be done.

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  • gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can confirm, sister in law had one of these and it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure it out.

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• aarRJaay@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  PC Load Letter? What the f**k does THAT mean?

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• Zatore@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In my years of IT, I saw a few customers do this. I always put the printers on WiFi so they could move the printer to wherever they wanted it.

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  • terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s the environments I work in, but WiFi printing always ends in tragedy.

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    • Zatore@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ya, you have to be careful with printing over WiFi. Robust DNS and static IP’s can help a lot.

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• nicerdicer@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  HP printers are the avantgarde of enshittification when it comes to gadgets, although the earliest way I can think of selling a product similarly to a subscription is Gillette shavers. They basically sold a handle, and the first set of razor blades were free. After that one had to buy their proprietary and overpriced blades. HP managed to take this principle into the realm of peripheral devices.

  Nowadays other gadgets have been “inspired” by HP in therms of enshittification. For instance, there are headphones that require an app to be set up properly, as the manufactorer can save implementing a physical button and can get tracking data form the user.

  The sticker on the USB port is just another (physical) dark pattern.

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