A function of our increasingly connected world: The printer at your desk won't let you print that document you need
RIGHT NOW for work because HP couldn't bill you for your ink subscription.
Yeah, that's a thing.
My bank replaced my debit card because it had suspected a compromise somewhere in a series.
I have an ink replacement subscription tied to that account.
Apparently, if the service can't bill my card, it can actually disable my printer.
This means that somewhere in some licensing agreement I gave them permission to do that! (Maybe
I didn't actually buy the printer after all?)
Conversely, the moment the billing problem is corrected, my printer started spitting out
the document I need.
Amazing!
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