ND Tell HN: Cancelling HP Instant Ink prevents cartridges from being used
517 points by wfme 1025 days ago | 392 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
HP Instant Ink subscription cancellation causes printer functionality loss.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 6 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 19 entries
2026-03-05 14:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.257 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 14:45 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: -0.26 (Mild negative)
2026-03-05 14:43 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.400 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 14:43 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.40 (Moderate negative) +0.23
2026-03-05 14:38 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.627 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 14:38 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.63 (Strong negative)
2026-02-28 10:34 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 10:34 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
ED, criticizing HP's restrictive ink policy
2026-02-28 10:29 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 10:29 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:29 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
ED, criticizing HP's restrictive ink policy
2026-02-28 10:21 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:21 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-02-28 10:21 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive)
reasoning
CO, critical of restrictive practice
2026-02-26 06:58 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Tell HN: Cancelling HP Instant Ink prevents cartridges from being used - -
2026-02-26 06:49 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 271s - -
2026-02-26 06:44 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 313s - -
2026-02-26 06:38 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 293s - -