[oxfordmale]

I once calculated that it is cheaper to buy ten printers each year during Black Friday, and throw them away when the cartridges are empty. New printers often come with free cartridges, and are heavily subsidised as most money is made on the ink

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[jerjerjer]

Free cartridges in new printers are usually not full (just enough ink to print some pages).

[RobotToaster]

A few years ago they started only including "starter" cartridges that are only part full.

[tjohns]

That's not new. The entire printer industry has been doing that for well over a decade, at least with laser printers.