tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post8176768391608020374..comments2024-03-26T22:37:28.192+00:00Comments on The Hearth of Mopsus: Printer PreferencesWeepingCrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00220836185673764089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-81068760487070144782017-07-27T14:58:57.953+01:002017-07-27T14:58:57.953+01:00Well, if it's illogical, we should take it up ...Well, if it's illogical, we should take it up either with the person who told me (who as an IT professional I assume is better informed than I am about the way the industry works), or the market itself. I'm not claiming this was a matter of great injustice, only of systematic ludicrousness: the matter of waste seems to me to be an important one. I'm not alleging any sort of moral failing on the part of Epson, or even of Microsoft, just that the structure in which they, and we consumers, operate produces what I maintain is, at least in some respects, a perverse result. I think your analogy of the car doesn't work very well. I would have made a choice, if I did, to buy a new car; the Microsoft update isn't something I opted for, and, had I had a choice, wouldn't have done. It is rather more like operatives from Renault coming to my house and taking my car away, leaving me with one they imagine I *ought* to have if I were thinking straight because it's nicer, resulting in me having to find somewhere else for the ladder which I kept in the garage but which no longer fits because the car is two inches wider than the old one. What I'm trying to describe is the feeling of being, in this admittedly small and limited respect, entirely at the mercy of choices being made for me; while you might be trying to persuade me that I ought to be more understanding of those choices.WeepingCrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00220836185673764089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765201235054773644.post-79283657453796430122017-07-26T22:07:16.436+01:002017-07-26T22:07:16.436+01:00It is illogical to claim that Epsom would tell you...It is illogical to claim that Epsom would tell you to buy a new machine "because they make money on the ink not the printer". Why recommend that you buy a product on which they lose money? And you might buy a Canon, in which case they will lose their current stream of profits from your current printer. They are recommending you buy a new machine because sadly they were not able to future proof yours when they designed it, and Microsoft were not able to ensure that it worked with the new version of Windows. <br /><br />Similarly, if you buy a new car, your current car's tyres probably won't fit. Nor will the old windscreen wiper blades work. Or the brake pads. If you buy a new cooker the old grill tray may not fit either. And a digital camera will certainly force you to throw away that role of 35mm film. <br /><br />There are great injustices in life, but this isn't looking like the biggest to me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com