I feel like inkjet printers have some of the most anti-consumer practices aside from maybe payday loans.
It almost feels like lawyers don't want to do anything related to technology and ones that do have had some spectacular failures, setting really bad precedent.
Although I would mention that I'd expect the litigious class to be some of the most highly impacted by the bizarre pricing practices of printers. Physical copies of legal documents are still often used for review and agreement even if those documents include 150 pages of boilerplate term definitions.
Legal documents printed by law firms are printed in black and white with laser printers, so the litigious class is shielded from the predatory practices that consumers put up with when buying color inkjet printers
Do lawyers that print off dozens of sheets per day even use inkjet printers? Most of the scummy behavior revolve around inkjet printers, and I bet most would have switched to laser because of its cost-effectiveness. This seems to be confirmed in my limited sample of office printers. I've yet seen an office that used an inkjet printer.
Consider that as more and more materials come online and smaller hand held platforms (tablets, phones) serve as convenient references, people print less and less. If printing is a commonplace occurrence, people would rarely run into the ink/scan tie. As they print less, they run into it more.
You can also assume that print companies have been concerned about a decline in print relevance and the impact it would have on their business. So putting in place these kinds of policies may have been a response to this.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 39.6 ms ] threadIt almost feels like lawyers don't want to do anything related to technology and ones that do have had some spectacular failures, setting really bad precedent.
Some inkjets aren't too horrible in heavy use even competing with lasers.
Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28888214 - Oct 2021 (462 comments)
Oh they've been doing that for over a decade. People just sort of... put up with it.
You can also assume that print companies have been concerned about a decline in print relevance and the impact it would have on their business. So putting in place these kinds of policies may have been a response to this.