Seems to be the normal case these days. Companies bring up a device with a cloud service back end. Company realizes that just selling the devices and running the cloud service for free forever isn't as profitable as they want. Company starts charging for the cloud service. I think we hear about this kind of thing every few months...
They didn't learn from other printer companies and they made the hardware too reliable. It's supposed to break down after just a few years to generate new hardware sales.
Seems pretty typical (Score:1)
Re:Seems pretty typical (Score:2)
They didn't learn from other printer companies and they made the hardware too reliable. It's supposed to break down after just a few years to generate new hardware sales.