I humbly think the reasons other people have to print something is none of your business. And your personal story is no one else's. Many people, myself included, need to print stuff on a regular basis, for work, school or whatever. The post is not about that, but the scummy practices of a shitty company.

College students still need to print stuff, some more than others. Especially if you're like me and the only way you can retain information is to take handwritten notes, physically highlight, and write in the margins. I don't know why, but ebooks and PDFs just don't stick in my brain. There's a printer in my department, but not that convenient when you don't live on campus, and the library charges you like you're at a Kinkos.

I'm amazed that these printer companies feel they can pull this kind of shit though. You'd think they'd be doing everything they can to keep the 10 people who still need home printers and scanners.

i do fairly often. just because you personally don't need to print stuff doesn't mean no one has to.

I sell stuff on eBay enough that having a printer is worth it so I can buy and print shipping labels at home, that way I can use USPS package pickup to ship stuff from my front door without needing to leave the house.

i need things to be in physical form so that i can write on it. it's the only way that i can organize information and learn.

Print prices are so high in London, that it's cheaper to buy a new printer every 30 pages or so.

This is what I do. On the rare occasions I need to print something, I just pop down the street to the library and do it there.

I print stuff all the time, I also send people personal letters to their mailbox so maybe I'm just old.

I just got like 2 mi to the local fedex office and print from there. That said in the last decade the most common thing I print off is D&D sheets for a con I go to