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Lexmark DMCA Case Winds On
The EFF filed a brief (brief, press release) in the ongoing case over Lexmark incorporating copyright-protected code in their printer cartridges in order to prevent competitors from producing compatible cartridges for their printers. The BBC notes some of the harmful effects of lack of competition in the industry.
I view this as a type of after the sale quality control. Some of that 3rd party ink is total crap and can actually damage your printer. I say play it safe and buy the factory recommended ink. Remember, sometimes you do get what you pay for. If you want the lowest cost per page as well as best quality print, buy a high end Canon printer. If you want to throw away money on ink, buy anything HP as they cost more per page than Lexmark.
If only Bill Gates had a penny for every time Windows crashed... oh wait.. he does!
Joe Consumer gets everything he deserves if he isn't checking the literature on a product before purchase.
There are plenty of magazine reviews, product tests, "Which" and "What" type publications which go into detail on performance, costs limitations of all sorts of products, including printers...
It simply isn't true to say that he has no way of knowing. He's too f*cking lazy to get off his 400lb arse and find out.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
Perhaps you might like to check out the price of cartridges from manufacturers other than HP before bitching about it.
The problem with the free market is that it kind of assumes that the people making purchasing decisions aren't fucking morons. Unfortunately it looks like that's a false assumption.
Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
Worse than nothing. last night a racoon got in my garbage and now my neighbors are bitching. Dammit! Where's that stockpile of DDT!
PLease not ethe heavy use of SARCASM in both posts
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.