Comments by "eDoc2020" (@eDoc2020) on "HP Ink becomes unusable when subscription ends; thoughts on this business model?" video.

It costs half as much? You must be getting ripped off. Because half of a ton of money is still a ton of money.
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@TheBioRules I should have mentioned I would expect the price to be more like 1/4 of new OEM cartridges. In that way he's ripping you off. But getting ripped off isn't a fair description (and thus I probably shouldn't have used it). A better description would have been high profit margin. If something is sold at fair market price it can't be a ripoff.
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@Skagzi1la I'd hardly say they'd lose a ton of money. I can't imagine it costing them more than $5 to manufacture and ship you the cartridge. The only way to say they's be losing money is if you look at it as lost sales.
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Except with this HP system they don't take responsibility for the machine itself. If the printer happens to survive a few years they'll probably discontinue the cartridges and the ink service. With the proper system I'm sure they will do whatever it takes to make sure you can actually print.
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And the best thing is that with standard black ribbons I believe you can literally just add some drops of generic pen ink to keep it going, which is just so much cheaper than inkjet cartridges.
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