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1. phkahler · 1790170056 · focus · HN ↗

   Reminds me of when Nest thermostats stopped turning on the furnace without an internet connection. If your product fails at its primary job because of some other priority its junk. A thermostat can be as simple as a coiled spring with a mercury switch - no software. Same here, what stupid functionality was so important they failed to ensure the fridge would fridge?

   IoT is not for me.

   1. cryptoegorophy · 1790171488 · focus · HN ↗

      Similar to when printer stops printing black when color is gone.

      1. Grombobulous · 1790172418 · focus · HN ↗

         I have never understood the negative controversy around this.

         I expect the printer to use whatever inks it has on hand to print in the best quality it can.

         The use of ink is an inevitability.

         It always struck me as one of those things analogous to “I don’t understand why my car needs oil when I already put gas in it.”

         Just give the machine the stuff it requires to operate.

         1. Ensorceled · 1790172621 · focus · HN ↗

            This is disingenuous; a car needs both gas and oil to run. A printer should only need black ink to print black and white documents.

            1. Grombobulous · 1790173815 · focus · HN ↗

               That’s what you think, though, you didn’t design the printer. I assume you don’t have a background in color theory or chemistry or whatever else you need to produce ink.

               For all you know, the black ink isn’t really a perfect black and the color inks are used in conjunction with the black ink.

               I also think a lot of people are just being cheap about it. It’s just not a big deal.

               In my experience a color inkjet printer makes a much better print than a black and white laser printer. If you are willing to sacrifice print quality then buy a black and white laser printer.

               1. IAmBroom · 1790194796 · focus · HN ↗

                  > I assume you don’t have a background in color theory or chemistry or whatever else you need to produce ink.

                  You don't, either.

                  Black ink is all that's required to print B&W documents. Period. No one designs a black ink to be supplemented by another color before it achieves "full blackness". That's literally the entire point of black ink.

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