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@Floppy@mastodon.me.ukTrying to scan a document with my OWN printer on my OWN network to my OWN computer. HP does not need to be involved in this AT ALL.
@Floppy Bro; you need a bro(ther)
@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk they’ve been doing that shit for years. My HP printer has been locked up for 2-3 years trying to connect to the net. I used to have their subscription ink program and they terminated that when they couldn’t connect to my printer. $200 wasted.
@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk Brother printers seem to be the way to go…
@jaypeach53 yeah, I think that's what I'll do next time. No faffing about.
@Floppy I find it interesting to consider how the word "allow" is used here.
@Floppy
Maybe it's time that we, as consumers, stated that we won't buy equipment that tries to connect us without our permission.
Why are we buying things that insist on these levels of intrusion, monopolistic behaviours, and frankly unwanted apps loaded onto OUR devices?
(NB this is not a rhetorical question!)
@HRCH oh, I quite agree, this is quite an old machine and I won't be buying another HP, I promise myself. I wish there was an open hardware printer out there, but inkjet nozzles are very hard to make.
@Floppy Dang. Never buying HP anything again.
@Floppy Are they still pulling that shit? I thought Louis Rossman thoroughly shamed them for it.
@Floppy if you still buy HP after the past decade happened, you honestly deserve every bit of this 
@JorisMeys I think I’ve had it over a decade tbh :)
@luap42 @Floppy
I block my printer from having Internet access
With some minor investigation it turns out to support a range of 'normal' printer and scanner local interface standards which 'just worked' with Linux 
(Bonjour/IPP/WSD/LPR/eSCL)
BTW mine is an Epson. The Windows software is all cloud and accounts and shit like HP. I dumped all of it. Even managed to get an open source python eSCL scanner library to work!
Check for a web configuration interface and see what you can turn off!
After my 3rd HP printer in 10 years inexplicably started glitching I tossed it and switched to Epson. I've never looked back. So much cheaper to run and the scan app on my Chromebook connects to it directly without any 3rd party involvement.
@Floppy »Sure it's your own EVERYTHING, but hey we really really promised not to sneak into your scans and this procedure makes scanning very very convenient and prevents you from making the mistake of buying a ScanPrintThing from another ugly brand after the period of guaranty 
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