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A piece of paper on an old printer (a laserjet 4050 to be specific. It says: "Hello, My name is LaserJet 4050 and I was made in 1999. I’ve been doing my job printing your documents for many many years, however I think the motor that powers my paper feeder is bad. This makes me sad because I’m not able to do my job very reliably. As such, I am formally presenting this document as a letter of resignation. IT is working on finding a replacement for me, but for the time being, I apologize if I tell you I have a paper jam. Please allow me to refer you to my coworker, LaserJet 3390. 3390 resides outside of Ray’s office and can be reached at: <some redacted text> Please accept my sincerest apologies for failing. Thank you for replacing my toner and restocking my paper tray. It’s been a wonderful 14 years of working together. Much love, LaserJet 4050
What’s the point of selling a good printer when you can sell a much worse version for a little cheaper and with bigger margins, replacing the models at ever increasing rates but never improving them?
Or discontinue ink for printers that do run for years trying to not piss off too many enterprise customers and vendor locking them with service contracts in the meantime?
What about hoarding patents so no new companies can compete without the fear of litigation by billion dollar companies?