Relevant/important watch for everyone who’s not already familiar: youtu.be/AHX6tHdQGiQ “Ink Cartridges Are A Scam”
He talks about basically the computer coding “bricking” the system if you try to do anything other than spend more money on their racketeering; their “razor and blade cartridges” profit model of selling the one item for cheap then price-gouging the fuck out of a required component to keep it working