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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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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well it's the long term objective of everyone else to put HP out of business.

If possible we should take the signs off their buildings and turn them into works of modern art. We'll let IT departments the world over do the project.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I propose setting fire to barricades of trash and car tires at strategic positions around every major city. I have some other ideas too, PM me.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like the energy but let's refrain from committing felonies?

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But then there's nothing left!!

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure there is we can help them with a viral marketing campaign. Just imagine an HP sign with a baseball bat stuck in on some random street corner. It's art!

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Eat the beast from the outside? I like how you think.