It's probably just trying to complain about printers (a computer-user pastime probably about as old as ... printers) in a humorous way.

Why not make the printer a fully open source project where the guiding is done by framework but maybe most of the work f comes from the community?

I don’t really understand why or how it’s happening, but my HP LaserJet printer connects to Wi-Fi less and less reliably every year. I want to upgrade to a color laser, but: (1) Wirecutter's current rec is for another HP, and (2) it's $750.

The HP inkjet I got in 1997 was far more reliable, even before we switched from parallel to USB. And it could print banners!

What little text I print I do so now on my Canon 300 Pro which actually is a photo printer. (Don't want to know the actual cost of a print out).

This would be interesting and would love to see it, but I just can't imagine it would be viable financially. The scale just doesn't line up for a company of this size.

How many people have printers at home anymore, and even if they went after offices looking at only a couple per (most) offices at most unless you are specifically an organization that does a lot of printing.

Laptops, yeah one per person. Printers, 1 for every few hundred employees? Would they even sell enough for it to make sense for a brand that is not as well known as the major players.