Printer ink costs more than champagne

Why does printer ink cost more than champagne? The consumer group Which? found official ink for one Epson printer costs $2.04 per millilitre, more than 6 times the price of Dom Pérignon. We follow the money: printers sold at a loss, chips that block cheaper cartridges, an overnight firmware update, and a settlement where customers got nothing while the lawyers got $725,000. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:33 The Razor And Blades 2:07 How It Works 3:53 The Executive Perspective 4:48 The Regulatory Backlash 6:56 The Real Cost 7:55 The Big Picture Sources: HP fined 10 million euros for misleading and aggressive commercial practices (AGCM): https://en.agcm.it/en/media/press-releases... It's official - some printer ink really is more expensive than champagne (TechRadar): https://www.techradar.com/news/heres-why-y... Why printer ink can be more expensive than the printer itself: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-printe... 2015 Moet Chandon Dom Perignon (San Francisco Wine Trading Company): https://www.sfwtc.com/wine/2015-moet-chand... HP CEO spells it out (The Register): https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps... Why Printer Ink Costs More Than Champagne: https://ungridnow.com/2026/08/28/printer-i... HP Settles Third-Party Ink Lawsuit: https://abit.ee/en/hard/printers/hp-dynami... HP escapes customer payouts in printer-bricking lawsuit settlement: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/03/... Stock footage: Pixabay (pixabay.com), by choxyltd, Erkut2, Alessandro89, Luiz-Jorge-Artista, MJW_Dublin, ArtSqb, MilanWulf, Engin_Akyurt, oybekostanov, Coverr-Free-Footage, Sapphoto, Roque_dg, Hassas_Arts, commlab, AlexKopeykin, u_jorg73foes, Vimeo-Free-Videos, computergottyt, conte_public, AttilaPergel, padrinan, ninosouza, matlevesque, wcw6900, Domka_1611, Buvrix27, viarami, ListosParaRodar, SYG_Anime, drgbzt, MaxMedyk, Zh55, Eaktas06, 34168960, Western_Girl, CycleZyklusCiclo, ShofisEyes, Kmeel_com, LadislavBur, OleksandrPidvalnyi, Tbabai, Darioguzben, twmx, motion5. Narration voice: AI-generated. Script researched and fact-checked against the sources above. #business #economics #documentary