• jwagner7813@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If these damned companies would stop relying on this stupid sub model and just offer decent products at a decent price and not worry about neverending growth, this wouldn’t be a fucking problem. God I hate the way shit is going.

  • BilboBargains@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wanna meet the engineer who designs devices to do this kind of thing. Like the people who work for apple and deliberately create proprietary interfaces and closed systems. Planned obsolescence. Machines that can’t be reused and end up in landfill. These people have received a technical education. Isn’t this way of creating technology obviously unsustainable to a highly educated person?

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    1 year ago

    Assuming I don’t want to buy an Epson printer from the late 90s, what are some actual options for DRM free no subscription printer? Or the entire industry is fucked?

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      1 year ago

      Last time I checked, Brother was still the best brand for no nonsense, cheap printers, even with good Linux support. I have a laser printer from them.

      Not sure if it’s still the case.

      As for an ink printer… Man good luck with that.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyz
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        6 months ago

        my canon mf3010 lazer printer pretty decent i guess.
        i mean it works, even with linux and even my phone over an usb otg adapter, scanner is a but quirky and hard to get working in windows
        it got no bullshit like wifi and stuff