> I'm really shocked the overpriced ink monopolies weren't attacked in this manner

Because those of us who understand mostly don't care. Those who know bought a Brother laser printer and got on with life.

When those who understand need genuine inkjet prints, we go to a store that owns a printer that is several orders of magnitude better than we will ever need and pay them a pittance to get it printed.

That having been said, I really do wish we had an open source laser printer because, at some point, Brother is going to pull this same bullshit.