HP Rant 2

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 13 August 2008, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 August 2008, Phil Thayer wrote:
> >> Bottom line is this. If you are not willing to pay for quality, you will
> >> not get quality.  None of the major printer companies will support using 
> >> refilled ink cartridges no matter how they are refilled because they no
> >> longer have control over the quality of the cartridge and cannot
> >> guarantee that it will not damage your printer.
> >
> > Well done, you've justified DRM.
>
> No he hasn't.  He's justified businesses not supporting third party products
> that they didn't produce, sell you, recommend, or have any control over.

No, he's "justified" business not supporting THEIR OWN products just because 
you use a third-party product with them. In the case of refills, there really 
isn't even a third-party involved.

The obvious equivalent is voiding your "warranty" on Windows the moment you 
install non-Microsoft software.