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		pbhjpbhj on Dec 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: HP printers force you into agreement Honestly, I prefer this, it seems to save millions of excess cables being sent to landfill ... a good company would allow you to order one free with the printer, or have a coupon in the box to get one for postage.

_abox on Dec 11, 2022 [–]

It's done to offer the office supply shops a bonus by giving them the extra sale of their ridiculously overpriced USB cables.

They make more profit on those than on the printer itself as they're just cheap Chinese $1 cables.

Another scam in this totally broken market.

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