You're not paying for ink cartridges silly, you're paying for how much you print!
It all makes sense: if you stop paying for the service, you stop receiving the service, duh!
It's not illegal so it's crazy that people think they're this evil corporation!
I'm genuinely curious why the general public needs a printer in 2022. I can buy a thermal printer with a cat face for $15 from aliexpress, do people need more than that?
The last two times I needed my printer were a job interview in 2018 where the interviewer was adamant that I deliver my resume printed, signed, and through the mail and another time in 2021 where a doctor's office needed me to print a parking pass for some reason. Both instances were dealing with inexplicable weirdos.
That's what libraries are for imho. Why get a printer when you can use theirs for 10¢/page?