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Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers

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HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers

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Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago
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As reported by The Reg, HP chief financial officer Marie Myers was talking to investors at the UBS Global Technology conference about the tech giant's subscription model.
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    The downside is that if it’s a brand new one, it may take a while to become useful.

    • sharpiemarker
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      Good point. Thankfully theres a thriving second-hand Brother market.

      • @neocamel@lemmy.studio
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        This is starting to sound a little too slavery-y…

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          And here I was thinking of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program lol

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