• RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Actually, I don’t think this is a fitting meme.

    This isn’t a rent-seeking, wallet rape bullshit “subscription” (like BMW heated seats), it’s a legitimate subscription service where they just order and ship a product automatically for you on a regular schedule (like Amazon) and give you a discount. Also, you’re not forced to purchase a subscription, you can just buy retail cartridges if you prefer.

    This actually makes a lot of sense for people who print regularly and frequently.

    Edit: it has been pointed out to me that there is, in fact, some tomfuckery involved with this subscription model

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      1 year ago

      Oh, so like Dollar Shave Club but for printer ink? Really, it’s a little surprising that hasn’t happened before 2023. Or maybe it has?

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      Before I bought a brother printer, I would just buy and/or refill whatever cartridges I could get for my printers because of HP’s and Canon’s bullshit. Now that I own a Brother, I only buy toner and cartridges directly from them. Vote with your wallets, people.

      • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Yep, Brother is the GOAT. I bought a basic Brother laser printer 10 years ago for a hundred bucks and I’ve replaced the toner, like, twice. Never given me a single problem.

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          1 year ago

          same here

          my decade old brother laser printer is a fricken tank

          I’ll never buy anything else (hell, I may not need to buy anything else)

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      1 year ago

      And if you want to pay more as it is based on pages and not ink usage. Also, apparently the cartridge gets disabled as soon as you cancel.

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      Yeah I’m a big fan of my brother laser

      Bought it in 2020 the second we got work from home orders and just replaced the toner about 36 months later. About the same price as 19 drops of ink you get from HP or Canon

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      1 year ago

      I suppose people are afraid this is the first step towards the awful subscriptions all the other companies milk dry. If brother wanted to be different, you would expect them to be marketing about it right and left.