Umbutho wamalungelo oluntu i-Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ikhuphe inqaku elityholayo malunga nemisebenzi kaHewlett-Packard. NgoNovemba ka-2020, kuye kwaziwa ukuba i-HP itshintshe umgca wezicwangciso zerhafu kwaye yasusa inketho yasimahla yokuprinta amaphepha ali-15 ngenyanga usebenzisa inkqubo ye-Ink ekhawulezileyo. Ngoku, ukuba umsebenzisi akahlawuli i-$0.99 ngenyanga, ngoko isandi sakhe somatshini kunye nomshicileli ohlawuliweyo uya kucinywa ukude.
Imigaqo eyintsusa yeprogram ye-Instant Instant yayibukeka inomtsalane: umsebenzisi uhlawule umrhumo wobhaliso, i-HP yabeka iliso kumanqanaba e-inki kumshicileli kwaye ngokwayo yathumela umsebenzisi iikhatriji ezizaliswe ngokutsha xa i-inki ifika esiphelweni. Oku bekunoqoqosho kancinci kunokuthenga nje iikhathriji ezinophawu, kwaye okongezelelekileyo kubasebenzisi. I-Ink ekhawulezileyo yayinesicwangciso sasimahla esikuvumela ukuba uprinte ngokukhululekileyo amaphepha ali-15 ngenyanga ngaphandle komrhumo wobhaliso. Kule meko, iikhatriji azizange zithunyelwe, kodwa umsebenzisi wayenokushicilela amaphepha ali-15 ngeinki awayenayo.
Njengoko i-EFF ibeka, i-HP isandula ukwaphula irekhodi yayo yokuba stingy ngokuguqula isicwangciso sayo esithi "Ink ye-Ink yoBomi" ibe "Sihlawule i-$ 0,99 nyanga zonke ubomi bakho bonke okanye umshicileli wakho uya kuyeka ukusebenza". Le stunt ye-HP icela umngeni kwisiseko sepropathi yabucala. Nge-HP Instant Ink, abanini bomshicileli abasenabo iikhatriji zeinki kunye ne-inki kuzo. Endaweni yoko, abathengi be-HP kufuneka bahlawule umrhumo wenyanga ngokusekelwe kwinani lamaphepha abaceba ukuwaprinta inyanga nenyanga. Ukuba umsebenzisi udlula inani eliqikelelweyo lamaphepha, i-HP iya kukuhlawula ngephepha ngalinye elishicilelweyo. Ukuba umsebenzisi ugqiba ekubeni angahlawuli, umshicileli uya kwala ukuprinta, nokuba kukho i-inki kwikhatriji.
Abashicileli be-HP baziwa ngokuqulatha amanqaku encwadi ahlukeneyo akuvumela ukuba ulawule ukude kwaye uvale ezi zixhobo. Umphandi wokhuseleko u-Ang Cui ubonise emva ngo-2011 ukuba abashicileli be-HP abalawulwa nje ngaphandle ngokuthe ngqo kuthungelwano okanye ngesoftware yekhompyutha, kodwa banokulawulwa yikhowudi equlethwe kumaxwebhu athunyelwe ukuprinta. I-HP isebenzise la mathuba ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye: umzekelo, ngo-2016, i-HP yasasaza uhlaziyo lokhuseleko kunye nebhombu yexesha elithintele abashicileli ngeekhatriji zomntu wesithathu kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, ekuphakameni kokuqala konyaka wesikolo. Ukuphendula imibuzo yabasebenzisi, inkampani yaphendula ukuba ayizange ithembise ukuba abashicileli bayo baya kusebenza ngee-inki zomntu wesithathu.
Abasebenzisi beLinux banokucetyiswa kuphela ukuba basebenzise i-HPLIP (i-HP Linux yoShicilelo kunye neNkqubo yoMfanekiso) ngononophelo kwaye banciphise ufikelelo lwale nkonzo yoshicilelo kuthungelwano lwangaphandle. Ukuba imodeli yomshicileli wakho iyayivumela, kungcono ukusebenzisa indlela esezantsi yoshicilelo yeCUPS. Le subsystem ayimkhuseli ngokupheleleyo umsebenzisi kwi-arbitrariness yomenzi wesixhobo, kuba isebenzisa iibhlobhu zokubini zobunikazi, kodwa ubuncinci, ngohlaziyo lweblob luvaliwe, kunokwenzeka ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza okungatshintshiyo kwesixhobo.
umthombo: linux.org.ru