HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

HP is clearly bullshitting, but let us pretend for a moment that it wasn't.

Why do those cartridges have a chip on first place, instead of being simple mechanical devices?

And, if there's any remotely good reason to include a chip in a cartridge (pffft), why is the printer executing code from it, instead of reading its contents as raw data?

That stinks incompetence and disregard towards customers from a distance dammit.

Are you getting what I mean? If HP is bullshitting (yes, it is), you shouldn't touch its trashy printers with a 3m pole; and if it wasn't bullshitting, you should still not touch its trashy printers with a 3m pole!

Oh yeah, I know tons of people who got their printer hacked, you lying liars.

Oh noes, the hackers are hackering the ink

I don't buy HP printers because of... hackers.

Sure, Jan

My HP laser printer was never connected to the internet and I exclusively use third-party cartridges. We need more dumb devices.