Battleangel

Epson has settled with several 3rd party suppliers in the UK, Germany and the U.S, forcing them to cease the online sale of ink cartridge refills. Apparently, printer manufacturers are fond of their business model which amounts to hiding the costs, selling cheap printers and hiking ink refill prices. Once again, the system is protecting a failed business model and preventing legitimate owners from doing whatever they damn well please with their property. Sound familiar?

On the other hand, 3rd party ink has been known to perform considerably worse than the original product. But that is still not Epson’s problem, nor is it part of the rationale give in this string of cases.