And some people DO have need of such a continuing supply.
A friend of ours makes and sells home made soap. Lots and lots of shipping labels.
Where I buy my small batch mustard jars, from upstate NY...again, lots of labels.
Such a service might not be for thee and me, but some people might find this handy AND actually cheaper.
that is my point from earlier. needing lots and lots of labels will very quickly exceed such low max prints before paying more and more.
would be interesting to see a breakdown of what such a person pays now buying the ink themselves, vs projected costs from this new sub plan.
i can name plenty of people who ship 75-100 packages a day every day myself. that's roughly 2250- 3000 prints per month on average. at the stated cost "The most expensive plan is the OfficeJet Pro, which restricts you to up to 700 pages per month for $35.99. You will be charged $1 per 15 pages if you print more than your limit, and this does not include taxes."
that's $103 - $160 extra per month once the 700 prints have been used. at the lower plans, that's much much more in extra fees. again i don't know what they pay now for ink, but approaching $200 a month sure seems like they won't be saving anything and likely will be paying more.
edit: the other thing about those making tons of shipping labels is that they don't use a normal printer for them. all the ones i know have specialty ones that are designed to only print the labels. does not seem like this is even part of the sub plans as described in the article. so may not even be a relevant thing for them anyway.