Judge denies HP's request to dismiss printer lockdown suiit
www.theregister.com
AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers
  • WilliamTheWicked@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 years ago

    This and almost every other tech subscription style “service” are one of the most maddening things to come out of the tech sector. The need for profit is absolutely out of control.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 years ago

    Please let the judge be an HP printer owner! If so, he’ll completely understand this bullshit.

    • valkyre09@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      That’s interesting, in a case like this the chances of the judge owning an HP printer are pretty high.

      Would they still be allowed to rule on the case?

      • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 years ago

        With something ubiquitous I don’t think there is a choice.

        Think of if the case involved the iPhone or Android. You literally couldn’t find someone that didn’t own at least one of those.

      • zaph@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Would they still be allowed to rule on the case?

        Judges recuse themselves AFAIK. An appeals court might override and say a judge shouldn’t have been on it but that’s pretty rare. So as long as the judges feels they can remain impartial they’ll be able to preside.

  • oohgodyeah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I switched to Brother years ago for both my personal and small business client recommendations and have never looked back.