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This type of business tactic is not unfamiliar among different industries or variances in product and can be found in the refrigerator industry in the form of water filters, power tool industry in the form of batteries, automotive industry in the form of parts or diagnostic software, or most commonly known the printing industry. | This type of business tactic is not unfamiliar among different industries or variances in product and can be found in the refrigerator industry in the form of water filters<ref>[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM|GE Refrigerator water filter DRM - Consumer Rights Wiki]]</ref>, power tool industry in the form of batteries<ref>[[Bosch|Bosch - Consumer Rights Wiki]]</ref>, automotive industry in the form of parts or diagnostic software<ref>[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis|Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis - Consumer Rights Wiki]]</ref>, or most commonly known the printing industry<ref>[[HP Inc.|HP Inc. - Consumer Rights Wiki]]</ref>. | ||
In some cases, it can be that a standard for the consumable hasn't been agreed upon or the technology is proprietary to the company, but in most cases it's a form of greed locking the consumer into a product that they are then required to purchase in many cases at a significantly inflated price. For example, a printer company might sell a printer at next to or less than the cost to build it as a loss leader, but | In some cases, it can be that a standard for the consumable hasn't been agreed upon or the technology is proprietary to the company, but in most cases it's a form of greed locking the consumer into a product that they are then required to purchase in many cases at a significantly inflated price. For example, a printer company might sell a printer at next to or less than the cost to build it as a loss leader, but<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-29 |title=Maximizing Sales Withy Loss Leader Pricing - Conjointly |url=https://conjointly.com/blog/loss-leader-pricing-strategy/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-20 |website=conjointly}}</ref> now that the consumer has bought into their product line, they are obliged through marketing, embedded DRM, or necessity to purchase the consumables for the product from the original manufacturer. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Legal structure | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Official website | https://www.dymo.com/ |
Dymo Corporation is an American manufacturing company of handheld label printers and thermal-transfer printing tape as accessory, embossing tape label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment.
The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.
Anti-consumer practices
Restriction to first party labels
The Dymo LabelWriter 550 Turbo and other 500 series label printers have introduced a controversial feature: DRM (Digital Rights Management) via RFID tags in their consumables.[1][2] [Video References 1]Affected printers come with "Automatic Label Recognition™", a marketing term that translates to DRM implementation in thermal labels. This system restricts users to purchasing only Dymo-branded labels, potentially increasing costs and limiting consumer choice.
This move has sparked frustration among users and prompted the hacking community to develop a solution to remove the restrictions that is available via a free license on GitHub.[3] [4][Video References 2]
Business Tactics and Other Models
This type of business tactic is not unfamiliar among different industries or variances in product and can be found in the refrigerator industry in the form of water filters[5], power tool industry in the form of batteries[6], automotive industry in the form of parts or diagnostic software[7], or most commonly known the printing industry[8].
In some cases, it can be that a standard for the consumable hasn't been agreed upon or the technology is proprietary to the company, but in most cases it's a form of greed locking the consumer into a product that they are then required to purchase in many cases at a significantly inflated price. For example, a printer company might sell a printer at next to or less than the cost to build it as a loss leader, but[9] now that the consumer has bought into their product line, they are obliged through marketing, embedded DRM, or necessity to purchase the consumables for the product from the original manufacturer.
References
- ↑ "If you thought printer cartridge DRM was bad, Dymo is forcing users to buy RFID paper" - appleinsider.com - accessed 2025-02-03
- ↑ "DRM on paper shows why anti-circumvention laws are copyright’s biggest blunder" - walledculture.org - accessed 2025-02-03
- ↑ "#FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM" - hackaday.com - accessed 2025-02-03
- ↑ "FreeDMO" - github.com - accessed 2025-02-03
- ↑ GE Refrigerator water filter DRM - Consumer Rights Wiki
- ↑ Bosch - Consumer Rights Wiki
- ↑ Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis - Consumer Rights Wiki
- ↑ HP Inc. - Consumer Rights Wiki
- ↑ "Maximizing Sales Withy Loss Leader Pricing - Conjointly". conjointly. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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Video References
- ↑ Rossmann, Louis (2022-02-23). "Dymo printers are putting DRM in the paper - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Rossmann, Louis (2022-04-01). "Dymo labelwriter paper DRM HACKED - you can use your own paper now - but does it matter?? - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
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