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HP insists you must use their cloud printing service, covers USB port with sticker (yiffit.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Or just use linux with CUPS and you never have to let hp install spyware on your computer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Agreed but not everyone uses Linux. I do but not on every machine I own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you still need the proprietary drivers to use the scanner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I guess that's probably true unfortunately. But official linux hp drivers are less annoying than their windows counterparts at least