Just a bit of time ago, I opened my printer, I connected it to my PC and a message on the screen popped up, saying "your print cartridges are counterfeit".
Wtf, I bought them at a normal, very well known italian technology store.
Turns out, they were just dried out, so I had to rub the part where ink comes out (I don't know what's it called, forgive me 😅) and all was good.

The best part of this was that, when the message popped up, it also said "discover the advantages of buying *original* HP cartridges", with a button underneath it saying "HP Rewards".
Ffs.

[ Inspired by https://www.devrant.io/rants/703435 ]

Thanks for the mention

@chadd17 Well, thanks for the inspiration ^^ 💙

Lol what a load of horseshit the inkjet market is. Counterfeit cartridge? It's a box of ink ffs. You know they make all their money on the ink though of course, that's why they build all this crap in like detecting if it's an HP cartridge, or preventing you from printing anything when one cartridge is low (even if all you're printing is B/W and you're out of color), forcing you to spend your money to replace it. Heck I've even heard of all-in-one's that won't even let you *scan* if it is out of any ink. Like come on, you're not even trying to hide it now.

Anyway inkjets are a scam and they always have been. If you have to print anything, I say use a laser and don't support such a corrupt market. Lasers are better anyway.

Get a laser printer, especially the ones which allow you to refill the toner yourself (eg: Ricoh)

@devios1 @codepoet Thank you, both of you!
I agree, inkjets do have a corrupt market, but idk how is lasers' market..
I might get a laser printer asap, and I definitely won't get an HP one... Hewlett Packard has just given me hell, with their products, honestly :/
Years ago, I had an HP laptop.
Oh, sorry, did I say "laptop"?
I meant "oven". An HP oven. That's what I meant, lol