hey everybody how's it going today we're
going to be changing up our format here
usually when i discuss an article or a
piece of news that i find interesting
i'll sit in the chair with mr clinton to
my left however today not only is mr
clinton sitting to my left but oreo is
also sitting to my right so i don't want
you guys to get spoiled or too excited
because this may not happen every day
but we have twice the cat for today's
video
oreo is very cute isn't he he's adorable
so today what i'd like to go over is the
hp instant ink program and something
that bothers me and admittedly i get it
you know they have a business model they
want to make money with their business
model you know what you're signing up
for but it's just something that just
strikes me the wrong way and i kind of
wonder what you all think about it oreo
don't touch the microphone so they have
something called hp instant ink never
run out and save up to 50
so you can get discounts on your ring
supposedly i haven't done you know all
the math on it you'll see you know how
much money you would save versus just
buying ink cartridges from the store or
buying knockoff ink cartridges that work
very similarly if not identically to hp
ink cartridges and it says you know it
starts at 99 cents a month what they do
is the printer will tell hp based on the
amount of pages you print when it's
about to run out of ink they'll deliver
you new ink they'll recycle your old ink
cartridges for you and they have all
these different plans you know 15 pages
a month 100 pages a month 700 pages a
month and you have packages where you'll
pay per month for the inc and they'll
ship you new ink and again if you're a
light user 99 cents a month frank is not
necessarily the worst thing in the world
it may make sense for certain users and
you can adjust it as you want
now what i find
interesting is if you have this ink
cartridge in your printer and it has ink
in it but let's say you cancel your
subscription
the ink that's in your printer will will
no longer work so even though they
shipped you the ink even though that you
have that ink in your printer it will
not be able to work so this is from a
subscriber here it says your
cancellation will be final november 21st
have store-bought cartridges ready to
install you could continue using the
instant ink subscription cartridges
until november 21st 2021 but after that
date you will need to replace them with
hp original cartridges from your
preferred retailer instant ink
cartridges will no longer function after
your subscription ends even if they are
already in your printer and there's
something that just seems really uh
weird
about that like again you have the ink
the ink
is in your printer
but that ink won't print because your
printer can talk to the ink cartridge
and figure out that you're not
authorized to use this ink cartridge at
this time now again if you're paying for
a subscription service to a particular
you know ink solution
you would kind of need that to be able
to tell if the person paid for it or not
but it just seems really weird that my
printer can is talking to the ink
cartridge to figure out if i am allowed
to use the ink that is in it
again i know that that's part of their
business model it's just weird like it
feels weird that like the ink is in
there but
i can't use it it says return and
recycle the incident cartridges please
send back all instant ink cartridges in
the postage paid envelope that was
provided and i am curious if they will
wind up sending that ink cartridge to
somebody else with a leftover ink in it
or if they just toss it out like if you
pay for ink via this program are they
going to send you other people's
cartridges that are used or not i'm i am
kind of curious how that all works but
there's something really weird about the
fact that you could pay for the ink you
could have paid for a certain amount of
ink and then
at the end of the subscription if you
didn't use it you can't use the ink
that's like sitting right in front of
you and it's just weird and like again
it's i don't think this is necessarily
as bad as something like what canon was
doing recently so i did a video where
canon was sued for disabling the scanner
when printers run out of ink you know so
you have these multi-function devices
that will do printing scanning foxy
faxing foxing
faxing copying and obviously if you want
to scan something you do not need ink in
the printer but what they will do is
they will require that you have ink in
the printer in order to use the scanner
which is absolutely and utterly
ridiculous canon staff have said you
must have all ink tanks installed in the
printer and they must all contain ink in
order to use the functions of the
printer so not just your black and white
ink you're going to need to have your
color ink in the printer in order to be
able to do a scan so if you want to do a
black and white scan you need color ink
in your printer it's just ridiculous and
they got sued over it and this you know
it just kind of shows that more and more
printer companies are realizing that if
you actually own your printer if you're
able to use any ink cartridge of your
choice in your printer if you're able to
like actually use ink without having a
subscription to ink that they may not
make as much money off of you and they
need to make as much money off of you as
humanly possible and this is i i get it
it's a business model you know their
business model is you're going to pay
this amount for this time for this much
ink but there's just something that like
really scratches me the wrong way about
the fact that my printer is talking to
the ink cartridge to figure out if i'm
allowed to use it
and i don't want to give my printer that
control i don't i'm kind of curious do
you find programs like hp instant ink do
you think something like this is very
useful do you like it or would you just
rather you be able to refill your ring
cartridges on your own and then and
screw buying ink from the manufacturer
at the bloated prices
and screw having a printer that is
talking to the ink cartridge not to
figure out if it's empty or full but to
figure out if i'm allowed to use the
full ink cartridge that's in my printer
let me know what you think in the
comments down below that's it for today
and as always i hope you learned
something and yeah
this is my oreo cat
he's usually too scared to show up on
the chair eric actually had to pick him
up and put him here and usually when
erica picks him up and puts him on the
chair he immediately runs away because
he's a scaredy cat
oreo is the actual definition of the
scaredy cat he's kinda like wade the
duck from the garfield cartoons he's
very scared almost all the time but he's
also very cute
you know he was usually straight cats
outside they'll run away from you
they'll like they'll run and or the
moment you even get within six or ten
feet with them they're gone he actually
walked up to me and when i said hi to
him he nuzzled my ankle right outside he
had no idea who i was he started
nuzzling me and then he started going
and then i let him in i figure fine i'll
get your food while i figure out who
your owner is you're clearly not an
outdoor kitty because outdoor kitties
wouldn't do that they wouldn't you know
rub on a stranger's ankle you'd have a
sense of self-preservation so i put up
these posters all over the neighborhood
try and figure out who he belongs to
then somebody said oh yeah he just does
that to everybody to try to trick him
into taking him in yeah he he spends a
lot of time behind the building i'm like
you mofo so i thought about putting him
back outside and you know returning him
like an hp instant ink cartridge to his
subscription as uh has ended and for the
last four and a half years every now and
then i kind of debate just putting him
right back outside but i haven't done it
because he's so cute look at him he's
adorable
he may not always know how to poop
inside the litter box he may not always
know how to clean himself
he may need stairs to climb up onto the
bed yes erica has actually built stairs
for him he likes sleeping with us in bed
but he can't get onto the bed because
he's just not athletic like that to be
able to make a jump two and a half or
three feet up like almost any other cat
but so we've built stairs for him but he
is an adorable little creature isn't he
he may not be the smartest oreo
he may not be the most athletic oreo but
he's my little oreo cat
anyway that's it for today and as always
hope you learned something
see you all in the next video
and maybe so will oreo