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.
I was a school aged kid once. What do they need printers for? Surely they have even less use now too.
Practice worksheets
Why would you print that? We always just did it off the screen and would write on paper. So paper and pen for answers, screen for questions.
Because that’s what they do in class and for homework, and my daughter has ADHD and probable autism so changing from what she’s used to can lead to meltdowns. I agree it’s not entirely necessary, and we are planning to try to wean her off of the dead tree editions soon. (I’m in the process of setting up a Linux laptop for her with some educational programs etc)
I have school aged kids, they still need them for some assignments, though admittedly less than before as they can turn in much of their work electronically. We end up using our printer (locked down Brother laser printer) for things that technically can be done without printing, but require using privacy destroying smart phone apps. Sadly, a lot of places are removing the ability to not use apps and it is becoming a huge issue as my phone quite literally cannot use their bullshit apps.
What kind of things need apps? I don’t have any, running calyx and don’t even have google services
Just a few of examples that have bit me and made me angry:
Tbh I don’t go to concerts or car parks. Been to pubs that do online orders but they always also take orders at the bar.