▲ 492 ▼ HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers (www.wired.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 66 comments fedilink hide all child comments HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers::The company says it wants to protect you from “viruses.” Experts are skeptical.
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) But whose security? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Profits security. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Surely this actually cuts into their profits in the longer term? More and more people will simply refuse to buy HP hardware. If they don't, they deserve to get grifted to high heavens and back at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago If they actually bothered to care about the long term, a lot of these companies simply only care about near term and maybe maybe medium term profits permalink fedilink source parent [–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) the poor defenseless users, of course 🙏 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is "users" a new way of saying shareholders? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Profits security. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Surely this actually cuts into their profits in the longer term? More and more people will simply refuse to buy HP hardware. If they don't, they deserve to get grifted to high heavens and back at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago If they actually bothered to care about the long term, a lot of these companies simply only care about near term and maybe maybe medium term profits permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Surely this actually cuts into their profits in the longer term? More and more people will simply refuse to buy HP hardware. If they don't, they deserve to get grifted to high heavens and back at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago If they actually bothered to care about the long term, a lot of these companies simply only care about near term and maybe maybe medium term profits permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago If they actually bothered to care about the long term, a lot of these companies simply only care about near term and maybe maybe medium term profits permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) the poor defenseless users, of course 🙏 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is "users" a new way of saying shareholders? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is "users" a new way of saying shareholders? permalink fedilink source parent