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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)
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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

what a literal fucking psychopath. i mean literally imagine waking up and thinking these things. imagine trying to actively make the world worse like this.

oh yeah i'm trying to make bathrooms a subscription

i'm trying to make food a subscription

i'm trying to make tv a subscription

i'm trying to make clothes a subscription

i cannot wait to live in paradise

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    i'm trying to make food a subscription

    Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, and a few others have entered the chat.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    Unfortunately clothes by subscription is also a thing. I'm not sure what the company is, but I heard they'll send you a new outfit every month... It's one of the most wasteful things I've heard of in a while. We have literal mountains of unused clothes and other textile waste sitting in landfills.

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