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Furthermore, if this were a sane analogy, HP would be paying us for the printer hardware and we would be returning the “investment” via paper and ink cartridges/toner.

>>Sparta+(OP)
Well, they aren't paying us, but the printers are most likely sold at a loss. So that part holds.

>>anamex+s
The xbox was sold at a loss, that was an investment.

Convince me they sell those printers at a loss.

>>RobRiv+G1
To be fair, Microsoft is also pretty heavy handed that only content which pays a licensing fee to MSFT can be run on the Xbox.

>>RobRiv+G1
Sure: find me someone who indeoendently built a printer.

The technology behind them is insane for most of them costing less than $100

>>vineya+N6
They ensured their investment had low risk