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HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments" (www.techspot.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From my point of view HP printers are a bad investment.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"We have seen that you can embed viruses into cartridges, through the cartridge go to the printer, from the printer go to the network, so it can create many more problems for customers."

Seems like it's a problem of their own making tbh..

[–] [email protected] 92 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No kidding. "We've allowed our cartridges to arbitrarily execute code. It's the user's fault."

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And the only reason code is even in there is because of their DRM :P

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, we need a robust serial connection to our cartridges for checking ink levels. Nothing more basic would do. /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

"Also, 'check ink levels' by counting how many pages were printed while this cartridge was installed"