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HP was forcing me to have an account to scan on my printer using their mobile app.

I voted with my money and when I needed a printer for my dad I got a Brother.

>>noncom+(OP)
It is even worse now. Not only do you need an account, but it won't scan if your ink is empty.

>>noncom+(OP)
> I got a Brother.

And what's his name? :D

Jokes apart, it's doable when people still haven't bought anything, but the frustration that I wish was changed is the change in terms and conditions that affects hardware functioning at a level where it's either you selling your data or you being unable to use the hardware, hardware that could also generate e-waste if thrown away

>>noncom+(OP)
Brother is unfortunately playing games with DRM and similar now too. :(

>>justin+Q1
Bad service drives out good…

>>little+23
Always going to be a race to the bottom unless the consumer has rights to repair and modify their own devices. Otherwise products that lean on either ad-based or subscription recurring revenue can always undercut products that don't at retail. Make this shit impractical because anyone can install 3rd party firmware that disables the subscription DRM and the problem will go away.