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HP insists you must use their cloud printing service, covers USB port with sticker (yiffit.net)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone explain why there's a cloud printing service involved here at all? We've been able to print over WiFi for a decade now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Because they want you to subscribe to their ink cartridge auto-ship service that will send you a new one and charge your credit card any time one is empty, clogged, or just because they feel like it.