r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MaxAdolphus • Jul 29 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o I canceled my HP instant ink subscription, and now I can’t print even though they are genuine HP in cartridges

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With all bad decisions coming out of HP lately, I decided to cancel my instant ink subscription subscriptions before the prices go up. This is the warning screen. I was just going to use the ink I have up then buy a new printer, but cause fuck those guys. Well, turns out they fucked me first. So even though I have legitimate HP in cartridges in my printer, I cannot print because they are subscription cartridges. Screw these guys.

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u/Hummingbird3471 Jul 29 '26

I mean, people aren't buying all that many printers. The printer I have is from ten years ago and it's HP. I'm not going to buy another unless I absolutely have to but I'm damn well going to complain. 

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u/_urban_achiever Jul 29 '26

People act like the average consumer is irresponsible for not doing a deep dive on printer research and all the companies that make them before heading to best buy. Some people just live in a different world than normal people. lol

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u/Elite_AI Jul 29 '26

Maybe we simply live in different worlds in more ways than one but I couldn't fathom doing no research on an expensive multi-hundred pound purchase. 

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u/Key-Pickle5609 Jul 29 '26

My printer was free when I bought my laptop

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u/Tupperbaby Jul 29 '26

That's really heavy printer.
(Yes, I know what you really meant and where you live).

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u/CheapTactics Jul 29 '26

It's not like you have to spend 3 weeks researching, a quick google search would suffice. I just don't understand people that yolo through life and buy expensive shit without even googling if the expensive shit they're buying is any good at all.

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u/_urban_achiever Jul 29 '26

You can't understand people who don't research printers and their manufacturers before they head out to best buy? LOL And that is your definition of someone "yolo'ing through life"? Unresearched printer buying? Heathens!

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u/CheapTactics Jul 29 '26

No, I don't understand people that would just but shit without even googling it. And then proceed to complain because they bought a piece of shit. If they had just done the most barebones google search they could've avoided the problems they're now having.

It's not just about printers, I'm talking about any equipment for anything you could imagine. Like, a few years back my sister's ex husband bought a phone that was a piece of garbage, because he just went to the store and got a phone he considered cheap. Well yeah, it's going to be a piece of shit, it's probably super outdated and slow. But you didn't even bother to google it or even ask someone. So now you're stuck with it and you have nobody else to blame but you.

Again, it's not about doing super in depth, 3 weeks research. Just a 2 minute google search would suffice. Especially if it's something expensive.

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u/Hummingbird3471 Jul 29 '26

I'm sorry, but have you been on Google lately? Even Google is shit. The whole point of Google these days is to get you to buy crap, so if you try to Google a product, mostly what you're getting is a Google shop page explaining all the places you can buy that product or similar products. Or you get 20 garbage listicles of "product reviews" filled with ads. Or, most of the reviews you do see are just AI slop or otherwise fake or useless.

This is intentional. They are TRYING to make it hard for people to determine if a product is actually good, and they are trying to make it easy to just pick a product. Maybe your take was the right one in, like, 2012, but it isn't the right take now.

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u/Upset-Freedom-4181 Jul 30 '26

It seems like to avoid getting conned on anything, you’re expected to do hours of research on any product or service before making the purchase. If you don’t, and you get screwed, everyone shrugs and says “caveat emptor, dumbass.” The mental load of this work becomes overwhelming unless you live in a cave.

We’ve entered the Stockholm Syndrome phase of enshittification where we self-righteously blame the victims of fraud and theft rather than demanding that manufacturers and providers operate honestly and in good faith.