Interesting comments. My dad was in the printing business. He did about every faction of it: printed ads for supermarket chain, bought / sold equipment worldwide, etc I also asked him why printers shunned digital printing in preference of offset printing. The digital printing could do everything! Saves ink! Customs jobs! Low volume jobs!
His answer "they can shut your machine down with the click of a mouse. You miss your payment? Shut off. New software update you don't want or need, but they can legally do? Pay or you're off.
His answer "they can shut your machine down with the click of a mouse. You miss your payment? Shut off. New software update you don't want or need, but they can legally do? Pay or you're off.