Wowza now is this an interesting business model: HP "Instant Ink." 
In lieu of selling you ink and having you own the ink, we will sell you the thing you actually want, which is printing capacity. We will forward-deploy some compute and chemicals at your printer to fulfill this.
Some geeks are going to *hate* this but it's almost obviously good?
Some geeks are going to *hate* this but it's almost obviously good?
"Patrick why would a consumer ever want that."
Among many other things, because it allows a capital stack arbitrage similar to how consumers get very cheap access to cell phones without owning "cell phone ink."
HP can use your commitment to print in future to fund printer, etc.
Among many other things, because it allows a capital stack arbitrage similar to how consumers get very cheap access to cell phones without owning "cell phone ink."
HP can use your commitment to print in future to fund printer, etc.
And so in return for periodically having a printer run dry before a kid's birthday party and going "Darn it, now I have to run to store to buy $40 of ink or else Susie will be devastated", you just say "Yep that's a thing I want around the house" and pay ~$X a month for it.
My instant reaction to "Z'omg this is clearly evil" is "If you really loved the experience of inkjet printers before where you had to manage your ink supply you will be able to maintain that cherished business relationship indefinitely with *somebody* on *some models.*"
"Really Patrick they won't just use power to..."
I paid for college doing order entry at one of America's largest office supplies retailers in their Custom Bids Group and, without loss of generality, $CITY Public Schools will never go for this and prints *much* more than you.
I paid for college doing order entry at one of America's largest office supplies retailers in their Custom Bids Group and, without loss of generality, $CITY Public Schools will never go for this and prints *much* more than you.
"How much more?"
Have you ever heard someone use the phrase "a truckload of" e.g. paper? I was in charge of making sure the correct *number of trucks* made it to the correct warehouses and would get reamed out [0] if I were off by multiple trucks.
[0] That's a paper pun.
Have you ever heard someone use the phrase "a truckload of" e.g. paper? I was in charge of making sure the correct *number of trucks* made it to the correct warehouses and would get reamed out [0] if I were off by multiple trucks.
[0] That's a paper pun.
I used to have a chart in my cubicle.
500 sheets to a ream.
10 reams to a carton.
40 (?) cartons to a pallet.
X pallets to an 18 wheeler.
(Been ~20 years; not sure about these anymore.)
500 sheets to a ream.
10 reams to a carton.
40 (?) cartons to a pallet.
X pallets to an 18 wheeler.
(Been ~20 years; not sure about these anymore.)
"Wait they'd have a 17 year old making $10.25 an hour be critical to the orderly operation of a public school system?"
This is one of the many, many things I'd put under the category of "If you've never seriously thought about what magic logistics is, you're missing out."
This is one of the many, many things I'd put under the category of "If you've never seriously thought about what magic logistics is, you're missing out."
("Twenty five cents extra if you go down to the warehouse to help when we're short handed!" ; never took them up on that.)
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