[Grishnakh]

There's a problem with that theory: they're simply not going to stop buying them and switch to lasers.

We've had this dynamic for at least 15 years now, and people still are buying cheap-o inkjets and getting ripped off on ink cartridges. If people haven't learned after a decade and a half, they're never going to learn. Just look at the other comments on this discussion (including the blog posting that started it all): even on "hacker news", which is full of technologists rather than regular people, tons of people here have fallen for the inkjet scam. If a bunch of nerds don't know any better, than you certainly can't expect the regular public to figure it out.

[chrischen]

People don't really print anymore. If you do print, you're an office or business that runs laser printers.