I’ll start: printers.
I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn’t sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.
Luckily my library’s close by and I can print there remotely.
Toner refill kits help with this.
I got sick of the experience that every time I wanted to print, my ink had dried out. So I went on eBay and found an office style Ricoh color laser, scanner, fax combo one. I think I spent about 250 on it.
When the first toner (the first ones are not fully filled) ran out, I bought powder and chips on Amazon. I refilled the cartridges and used the new chips and boom.
Cost for that was like 30 bucks. Official cartridges were hundreds.