@the5thColumnist The printer might read a refilled ink cartridge as "expired" after enough refills, and refuse to use the ink. Mine would. And don't get me started on the rejection of third party cartridges.
A sensible country would outlaw this behavior. We need adversarial interoperability.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability@pluralistic#AdversarialInteroperability