HP to discontinue LaserJet subscription

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The Register1 reports that HP to discontinue online-only e-series LaserJet amid user gripes:

HP is discontinuing its e-series LaserJet printers due to customer complaints, along with the HP+ and the “Instant Ink” toner subscription services tied to the hardware.

It’s not like they didn’t know. It’s jutst that they thought they’d get away with it and in the end didn’t.

I guess a business product that require unfetered connection to the Internet isn’t a great choice. But this seems to only apply to laser printers.

I still can’t recommend HP, as this kind of anti-consumer practice has to stop, but it’s encouraging to see a shift, even if limited.

  1. I take The Register always with a grain of salt. They are the tabloid of IT. ↩︎