Forum Overview :: We Love Katamari :: HP Printing plans. Actually, everyone else was dumb.

[quote name="Vidinfox"]Look at this creature. Exactly who you think would work on these dumb printer subscription plans. [quote] Sohcahtoa82 33 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] I worked at HP from 2014 to 2021, though not for the Instant Ink team. The TL;DR is that I think Instant Ink is an absolutely fine program that's ruined by morons that either can't read or think they're devious and think they're going to be able to swindle HP out of ink for pennies. The first thing you absolutely <i>must</i> know is that <i>Instant Ink is an optional program.</i> You still have the ability to buy and use normal ink cartridges. IMO, that alone should shrug most criticism of the Instant Ink program. You think it's a scam? Fine. Don't subscribe to it. Done. Second, Instant Ink is not a subscription to ink cartridges, it's a subscription to printed pages. The ink is merely provided as a vehicle to provide the printed pages that you're paying for. That's why the Instant Ink subscription tiers are based on printed pages, and not based on ink used. This means that if you subscribe to Instant Ink, get your cartridges, then cancel the plan, of course you don't get to keep printing with the cartridges! You didn't pay for the ink! This is not scumbag behavior. You didn't pay for the ink. You paid for printed pages. You canceled your subscription, your quota ran out, so why would you think you get to keep printing with those cartridges? But...people think they're geniuses! They rub their hands together while thinking "Heheh, I'll buy a month of Instant Ink, get my cartridges, then cancel, and I'll have received ink for only $3!" then go into an absolute rage against HP when they go through their quota and their printer won't print anymore. It's completely stupid. If you print frequently and will actually use most of your quota, Instant Ink is a <i>great</i> program that actually does save you money on ink! But people misunderstand (likely deliberately) how it works, and think it's a scam and that HP is a shitty company for it. [/quote] What an insufferable asshole. Guys, it's a <i>great</i> program, it's not HP and the halfwits that implemented it, noonononono it's everyone else that is retarded. I didn't bother to add all the use of italics from this thing. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631402">Go check it out.</a>[/quote]