Thread by @matvelloso

Installing a printer in the 80s:

1-Plug parallel cable
2-Print

Installing a printer in the 2020s:

1-Wait 30 minutes for the printer wake
2-Fill up 20 different forms
3-Reject 45 attempts to upsell into subscriptions
4-Fill up the position and route of 4 nearest satellites

5-Ok now you need to install an app that finds an app that can install the app for the app
6-Print a weird paper and scan it back so the printer knows what the fuck it just printed
7-Configure an e-mail address for the printer
8-Send an e-mail to the printer saying go to hell

9-Oh I'm sorry, doing the print test used all the ink
10-Buying new ink costs 10 times the printer's price.
11-It would have costed less if you signed up for the subscription. Do you want to sign up for the subscription now?

12-Did you know you could use Alexa to print via voice?

Ok, explain to me a scenario in which you say: "Alexa, please print document" where you don't look like an advertisement of a product that doesn't make any sense

13-You need to create an account to use your printer

14-That e-mail address is already being used

15-Oh you want to reset your password? Ok. While you want for the e-mail we will never send, do you want to sign up for a subscription?

16-Great, we're ready. Hang on, need to install firmware update. Come back tomorrow

17-Turns off the printer. Turn it back on

18-Printer makes strange noises while it wakes up

19-30 minutes later, printer still making strange noises while it wakes up

If you're like me you must be still wondering why the hell there's Alexa integration for the printer.

Well, simply because the devs had extra time and needed to justify the budget to buy some Alexa. Plus YOLO