Oh, they have. And they know exactly what level of dickishness optimises revenue from the rubes, sorry, valued customers, without going too far - the “self-limiting-limit”, if you will.

HP’s reputation for consumer-grade peripherals is already low enough as it is, HP is not afraid of losing “informed-enthusiast” customers - they’ve already done that.

We are not HP’s desired customer base; they don’t want our patronage.