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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 20:39:24 JST nixCraft 🐧

   HP is notoriously aggressive 👇

   • in_sympathy (in_sympathy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 20:44:14 JST in_sympathy

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     @nixCraft Remove any cartridges and wire the paint feed directly from a can. Show this printer who’s boss 😎

   • lamy, david (led@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 20:45:24 JST lamy, david

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     @nixCraft
     HP was a once proud company that produced high quality lab equipment and very useful and durable RPN calculators that were easily programmable.
     HP is the canary in the coal mine for the decline of Western corporate capitalism.

   • Frank Engelhard (frank_engelhard@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:03:24 JST Frank Engelhard

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     @nixCraft Like oil for the lamps of China: provide ridiculously cheap lamps and then charge scandalous prices for the oil.

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:03:55 JST Freevolt

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     @nixCraft Good reason to throw away an HP printer. It's a win-win.

   • TruckStopSantaClaus (truckstopsantaclaus@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:10:04 JST TruckStopSantaClaus

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     @nixCraft HP really is the worst

   • Rastal (rastal@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:49:18 JST Rastal

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     @nixCraft Printer serfdom...

   • DaleOh (daleoh@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:53:07 JST DaleOh

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     @nixCraft There's a reason I just bought a Brother printer....

   • hdante (hdante@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 22:30:26 JST hdante

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     @nixCraft time for a FreePrinterOS

   • PolyAura (polyaura@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 22:32:51 JST PolyAura

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     @nixCraft but seriously, who is printing in 2023/4 anyway??

   • SiliconFarmer (siliconfarmer@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 23:24:26 JST SiliconFarmer

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     @nixCraft I had a relatively expensive networked HP printer several years ago. One day, without asking, it got a "firmware update", without my consent. It bricked the printer. HP support was "the one year warranty is expired. Buy a new printer."
     I should have gone to small claims court.

   • dizzy_devil (dizzy_devil@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 23:36:26 JST dizzy_devil

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     @nixCraft They’ve really upped their game since the PC LOAD LETTER rudeness from days of yore.

   • The Penguin of Evil (etchedpixels@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 00:57:10 JST The Penguin of Evil

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     @nixCraft Neighbour bought an HP printer, fortunately she couldn't get it working so asked for help and I was in time to get her to send it back and buy a Brother. That not only works out of the box it will take other ink if needed.

     HP of old is long gone. Even a decade ago I had some PA-RISC hardware to return and I asked HP and nobody in HP even knew what PA-RISC was let alone how to return them, so I stuck em in a box and parcelforced them to a random HP office

   • Ryek Darkener (_ryekdarkener_@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 04:50:46 JST Ryek Darkener

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     @nixCraft
     Just sad. And pathetic.

   • El oscuro (el_oscuro@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 08:55:16 JST El oscuro

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     @nixCraft Cory Doctorow has entered the chat. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

   • millennial falcon (falcennial@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 21:01:28 JST millennial falcon

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     @nixCraft voiding your warranty, your HP SuperClub benefits, and your toner rations all in one move, smh

   • Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 21:08:23 JST Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston

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     @nixCraft

     The HP Special Cartridge Response Team is now outside your house. This is your final final notice. Once we issue the breach order we cannot guarantee your safety as guaranteed safety is only a feature of the HP plus plan.

   • Jimmy Havok (jhavok@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 22:01:49 JST Jimmy Havok

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     @nixCraft HP products seem to break down shortly after the warranty period expires, in my experience.

   • Cookiefiend (lperry2@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 04:44:54 JST Cookiefiend

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     @nixCraft O, for the Okidatas of yore...

   • guyinahat (werefreeatlast@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 05:41:55 JST guyinahat

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     @nixCraft 😲 WTF!