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[–] polygon6121@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (18 children)

I can see it being an option for some people. If you print low volume but regularly every month. And you need a printer that always just works. The problem is the monthly limits! The base package is 20 pages per month, just printing out a pdf manual or something would eat that up in a minute. I would want unused prints to be added to next month.

Otherwise it is very similar to how it works for businesses having larger office printers.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 34 points 8 months ago (7 children)

And it's still more expensive than a brother printer after a year and a half, and one of those will last decades.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I spent way longer than I ever hoped to primarily selling printers. This is the answer. I'd wager a solid 80% of people would be better off buying a cheap brother laser and just going to walgreens/office depot/where ever the 2 times a year they need to print in color

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