Lame. I still hold that the Canon Pixma iP5000 was one of if not the greatest consumer inkjet printers ever made. Nowadays, it seems that all inkjet models are just cash grab vehicles for their manufacturers. You find this behavior all over the industry.
I switched to laser (a Canon, as it happens – it’s what was on sale at the time) and never looked back. I buy knockoff clone toner cartridges for it and they last for ages and ages.