I told you how HP’s bestselling printer can lock you to the company’s own subscription ink for life, with no way to cancel, with its dastardly HP Plus scheme. But HP has decided to remove those shackles from future laser printers,

People hate printers. They have tons of breakable moving parts and they require expensive ink refills. But it was even worse when HP started making printers that required 24/7 online connectivity and blocked third-party ink cartridges via DRM.

Laser printers tied to HP's subscription service have begun disappearing from online marketplaces. The company's decision to remove them comes amid years of scrutiny over its

Customers unhappy with the product The maker of expensive printer ink, HP, has had to stop making its cheaper e-series LaserJet printers because customers were hacked off with the online-only and always-tied-to-HP+ subscription requirements.

HP+ and Instant Ink have come under fire from customers due to their reliance on an active internet connection.

HP has discontinued its cheaper e-series printers, which required an HP+ subscription and Internet connection to stay active in exchange for lower pricing.

HP, lately famed for selling scanners that run out of ink and whose CEO described its own customers as a "bad investment," is giving up on one contemptuous product line: the e-series printers that won't print if they don't have an internet connection.