Monday, January 17, 2005
Region Coding Electronics and Ink Cartridges
Mister Jalopy sez: These sinister bastards have region coded HP inkjet printers to only accept region appropriate ink cartridges. Like a $56 Bic pen, restricting use to a single country and then saying you are not trying to make money on it.
...H-P ink cartridges sold in Europe are becoming much more expensive than equivalent ones in the U.S. "We are not trying to make money on this," Mr. Holm says...May 1,000,000 hardware hackers descend on your tent. Link
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