Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

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Judge denies HP's request to dismiss printer lockdown suiit
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Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers::AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

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Unfortunately this is the difference between illegal and unethical, and I don't gather that HP cares much about ethics. Hopefully right-to-repair laws will cover these cases in the future too.

It's anti-consumer, but I guess that just falls under unethical for now

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