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.

  • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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    15 hours ago

    What kind of things need apps? I don’t have any, running calyx and don’t even have google services

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 hours ago

      Just a few of examples that have bit me and made me angry:

      • concerts at most venues are now “mobile only” and require a Gapps or ios app to gain entry
      • parking in a few municipalities requires an app, there are no manual pay stations
      • some restaurants switched to having QR codes at tables and you ordered through some web interface instead of having a server. This didn’t work on my phone at the time, but calyx might be fine (this one isn’t an app, but it feels related so I am including it)
      • HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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        13 hours ago

        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.