Another reason to use inkjets: GHG footprint. Inkjets use far less energy than lasers. It’s a shame we have to choose between ecocide and tricks and traps.
The only no-compromise path I see is to pull an inkjet from the dumpster, fix it, and refill the cartridges with homemade “ink” from spent coffee grounds and tea.
Also worth noting Brother uses that trick where empty cartridges are detected by a laser which is exactly not positioned as low on the cartridge as it could be, forcing people to toss not-so-empty cartridges.
BTW, regarding the trackers dots I’ll drop a link here for anyone who wants to verify Brother’s role in it:
https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots