HP: Disabling 3rd-party ink ensures “best printing experience”

Found on Ars Technica on Wednesday, 28 September 2016
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HP Inc. today said it will restore the ability of certain OfficeJet printers to use third-party ink cartridges, after being criticized for issuing a firmware update that rejects non-HP ink.

This customer-friendly move may just be a one-time thing. HP said it will continue to use security features that "protect our IP including authentication methods that may prevent some third-party supplies from working."

Excuses. The industry sells printers for cheap because they plan on making money from ink and toner by abusing IP when replacements from 3rd parties work just as fine. That's like a car manufacturer who does not want to let you fill up your tank on a station of your choice and instead forces you to buy their own overpriced gasoline.