The fundamental problem here is that courts bend over backwards to allow fine print that contradicts the plain reading of how advertisements and services and presented. Unfortunately, the only way it's ever going to change in the US is if somehow a Supreme Court is appointed that's far less business-friendly than it has been in possibly ever.
I'd be more fine with companies behaving like a swarm of locusts if they at least had to put on the box the ways they were going to fuck you over. A monkey's paw printer should have to prominently display "Proprietary ink only! Scanner disables itself when ink is low. While supplies last" on the front.
