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HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time.

Case file: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/settlement.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We get these "settlements", and then people are surprised nothing changes... Well yeah, it's a profitable business model.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also... Maybe don't buy HP?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't. But the issue is not just HP. There is literally no printer company that doesn't do something similar. The last bastion used to be Brother, but even they decided to screw over the customers.