# HP Remotely Disables a Customer's Printer Until He Joins Company's Monthly Subscription Service

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A Twitter user’s complaint last week in which he produces photo evidence of HP warning him that [his ink cartridges would be disabled](https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218149470220632064) until he starts paying for HP Instant Ink monthly subscription service has gone viral on the social media.

- Ryan Sullivan, the user who made the complaint, said he only discovered the warning after cancelling a random HP subscription – which charged him $4.99 a month – after “over a year” of the billing cycle. “Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP Instant Ink,” Sullivan was informed by an error message.

[https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218149470220632064](https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218149470220632064)  
[https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218150006688862209](https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218150006688862209)  
[https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218151041155289089](https://twitter.com/ryandonsullivan/status/1218151041155289089)