[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company
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2D printers used to be like this.
They all worked with open, universal drivers, no additional software, and any ink cartridge that fit inside the bay.
But then companies figured out that people will just buy the cheapest printer on offer, regardless of everything else. -
That sounds like a 15th century printing press with extra steps.
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What we actually need is to stop fucking printing.
We need a foldable A3 size e-ink reader that you can use like a folder. -
Kind of, but with less wood and a lot more micro plastics. That's how you can tell it's modern.
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I used to have wood a lot more often, before microplastics.
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That gives a whole new twist to "you'll own nothing and be happy"
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Fucking hell that sums up my life surprisingly well actually.
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I've decided that just going to a copy shop a few times a year is less hassle.
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Inside the US, sure. That just means you don't get the cool FOSS printer.
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Welcome to the future
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You can still build it yourself.
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Not sure if I got the update yet, but I'm banning my printer from accessing the internet right now.
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Future for normies: Renting everything
Future for me: Rejecting everything, I will write in cuneiform on clay tablets before I rent a fucking HP printer.
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I have a Canon color laser printer which works pretty well and doesn’t pull any of this shit. They’re probably the last one standing now.
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I have VERY few and I cherish them.
Fairphone feels great to me. I think My coffee stuff is the same (Profitec, Eureka Mignon); no app or wifi or anything, fairly available spare parts.
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This shift in business model also means a drop in customer service. They used to sell you a product and stand behind it because eventually they wanted you to choose them when you needed a new or different product. Now that they have you roped in via a sort of forced dependency, they don't have to pretend to be nice to you even.
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You actually can’t sell third-party printers legally, because all printers will include an ink fingerprint which can be traced back to that specific printer.
All color printers.
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Didn't fairphone start selling Bluetooth headphones after getting rid of the headphone jack
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Sure did. Repairable ones. I strongly prefer wired headphones and will keep using them as I can, and I ain't buying earbuds.
But I'd rather not let perfect be the enemy of good. I am not giving up a cellphone, so I'd rather have Fairphone trying (ans sometimes fucking it up) than give my money to anyone else in the market.
Them not being perfect in my eyes doesn't qualify as a hostile relationship between their corporation and me.
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Exactly. The way to make money pre-Internet was "generate repeat business" and the way to do that was to create a product and service the customer was happy with.
The way to make money now is to get the customer trapped, then pump them as hard as possible.
