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September 1st, 2023 
Awake Goy 
One of the biggest consumer rip offs in the I.T. industry is that of the sale and supply of ink, within the printer / MFD (Multi-function Device) consumable, namely the ink ‘cartridge’.
This corporate rip off does not have enough mainstream media air time, especially when the corporations are sued.
Canon is exposed with giving their cusomters a 1/3 fill of the cartridge, as opposed to a third party near entire fill of the volume of the cartridge.
Another aspect (deliberately?) over looked from the very beginning by the legal profession is the ‘anti-competitive’ nature, where the maunfacturers are locking/forcing their customers where they are being gouged by the corporate giants.
HP goes to the trobule of ‘hacking’ your printer’s firmware with one that disables the use of generic cartridges.
Some may say that this alleged problem has been solved by the manufacturers making their printers/MFDs have ink tanks:
BUT not all is rosy their either.
See Epson’s ink sponge waste scamming users in the video below:
Or even worse they get you to ‘subscribe’ to ink in your printer, then disable it.
Note: Since the posting of Turquoise Coast Computers video, Epson has changed their policy.
See:
UPDATE: Epson have updated their policies regarding these printers since the making of this video, and now offer a service to replace the inkpads. https://epson.com/Support/wa00369
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