When I saw this title. I thought another YouTube hardware advocate turned their back on Louis and started an anti-consumer group to fight off policy debate that Louis does. My brain is wild.
I’m glad there’s a printer service close to where I live, I can go there and print every page for cents. There’s also one on my faculty, more expensive, but still affordable. I only use my HP printer/scanner to scan documents, ink is expensive as hell.
Man I’ve had a brother printer so long because of their Linux support this is so annoying
Same. I’m good for a while, but it’s going to suck if I ever need to replace it.
Welp, I guess that pen plotter I built last year is going to be my full time printer
I rarely use a printer now that my kids are in college. When it dies, I had a choice between laser printer, Brother inkjet, or none. “None” is now my first choice
That’s what we did.
For the few pages we need to print, I can use the machine at the library for $0.10/page.
So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata
I trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.
Seriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?
I kind of doubt it. Local libraries have a hard time staying open due to funding.
$5 USB fob for printing
Sad to hear Louis is having family issues
Took me three tries to figure out what was happening, then I was sad.
I have a Canon color laser printer which works pretty well and doesn’t pull any of this shit. They’re probably the last one standing now.
I used to work for canon as a service tech. They are a wildly scummy company that routinely goes out of their way to fuck over their employees and customers.
Not sure if I got the update yet, but I’m banning my printer from accessing the internet right now.
Now i had to put on the in-ears, hook up to phone to… listen to a guy talking. -_-
Short summary: the MFC 3750 of Louis Rossman prints in worse quality with aftermarket ink, after he got a firmware update.
So laser ones are safe (for now)?
Go with a bottle printer, or at least a laser and get a standalone scanner for USB. Cartridges suck, literally, all-in-ones even moreso.
This kinda shit makes me glad I don’t own a printer.
I’ve decided that just going to a copy shop a few times a year is less hassle.
That gives a whole new twist to “you’ll own nothing and be happy”
Honestly, more people should probably do that. If you have a low printing volume, you’ll save a lot of money by going to a store to get prints.
Yes, you can argue that you need the convenience of having a printer right there. Just realize you’re spending a lot of extra money for that convenience.
Fucking hell that sums up my life surprisingly well actually.
Welcome to the future
Future for normies: Renting/subscribing for everything
Future for me: Rejecting everything, I will write in cuneiform on clay tablets before I subscribe for a fucking HP printer.
Future for us: service bundling so you need to pay for shit services you don’t need to get the few you do need.
Sounds like another service to reject. Fucking try me, I will cook over a log fire if necessary just out of spite towards their bullshit.
enshitification of technological things continues…
Framework printer.
Make it happen.
sorry maybe I missed a memo, people are still printing things… like, on paper?
Not saying they couldn’t/shouldn’t but printers are a nightmare hellscape and it’s a miracle, mostly of HP’s marketing department, that they’re a household object.
Back before everyone had maps on their phone, printing MapQuest maps was fantastic. This was the early 00’s though and we all had money to burn still.
dude I would pay gold for that
I’ve always promoted commercial inktank printers for people who do a lot of printing, and people always mentioned Brother as a response, but tbh I’ve never really hopped on the bandwagon to shill for any particular company.
Just a good commercial inktank printer. A regular printer with all the bells and whistles is going to cost you like $100 and $45 for each ink pack you buy, you might as well just spend $450 on a printer, write it off as home office expense, and call it good.
