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Product idea: a pi-hole that blocks printers from being updated remotely and phoning home when you've used a different brand of ink etc.


HP printers completely refuse to print when they can't phone home for a month or so. Conveniently, that's right after the return window expires.


IANAL, but that's probably illegal.




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