Over the last 25yrs or so... I've tried just about every single printer manufacturer there is... except Brother.
They've all been garbage for that entire time.
The practice is, make the cheapest POS they can and charge more for ink than the most expensive champagne is, or 10x as much as a oil.
Then the innovations they employ are things such as rendering machines bricks if you dare to use 3rd party ink. Or cancel an ink subscription.. Both of which have happened to me.