The printer industry has taken a strange turn: ink cartridges are almost as expensive as entire printers, it’s often cheaper to buy a new one than fix it, and when your printer says it’s out of ink… it’s not actually out of ink. Here’s how much ink there is left when the printer says it’s out:

The results are pretty surprising and upsetting aren’t they?

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