Hrm, I don't know what others think, but for me the changes just mean one thing: never HP again. No, not HP printers. HP. And warn others about HP instead of recommending HP.
At the moment I even envy the people who can't scan without ink. I just get a "how about creating an online account for local scanning" and "how about using your phones camera instead?". That's my scanning experience. A raspberry pi over USB does some scanning, but it's a bad UX instead.
I also regularly can't print, an odd error pops up that goes away if you print once via USB. I have a cups airprint server on a raspberry pi just for that. So apparently IPP over ethernet vs. IPP over usb causes a 100% reliable error until a different transport medium is used.
So yes, I notice these changes. And it changed my mind about HP. It was a smooth printing experience when we bought the device. And this is not an aging issue, it's actively crippling a device I paid for.
I have a cheap HP combo printer/scanner connected to a Raspberry Pi and the experience is great: printing and scanning just works using the native apps on all our devices.
It took me a couple of hours to setup, but it's been rock solid since.
I wouldnt mind paying full price for a printer if i can get ink for the right price. 2 Ink cartridges cost almost as much as a discounted printer that comes with them included. Its actually embarassing
At the moment I even envy the people who can't scan without ink. I just get a "how about creating an online account for local scanning" and "how about using your phones camera instead?". That's my scanning experience. A raspberry pi over USB does some scanning, but it's a bad UX instead.
I also regularly can't print, an odd error pops up that goes away if you print once via USB. I have a cups airprint server on a raspberry pi just for that. So apparently IPP over ethernet vs. IPP over usb causes a 100% reliable error until a different transport medium is used.
So yes, I notice these changes. And it changed my mind about HP. It was a smooth printing experience when we bought the device. And this is not an aging issue, it's actively crippling a device I paid for.
It took me a couple of hours to setup, but it's been rock solid since.
Now we wait for Brothers CFO to make the same cam pmistake as HP CFO.