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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)
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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly::Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

HP's consumer division certainly is. Their computers are buttgarbage and their printers are outright scams at this point. My understanding though is they make shit like MRI machines....yeah the company is a zombie.

[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's probably HPE. The companies split a while back

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they're completely unrelated? I thought it was just a division of hp. I don't know much, but I've heard hpe makes good stuff.

[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Completely different companies. In 2015 HP became HP Inc keeping consumer products like printers and laptops and HPE split taking servers and business stuff. I assume lap equipment went to HPE as well but couldn't find anything on a quick search.

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

I'm not even finding HP listed among MRI manufacturers.

According this NYT article from 1999, the medical arm of HP was announced to split off from the printer company 23 years ago.

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

According to a 90s article I linked deeper in this thread, the medical arm split off from the company in 1999.