First they brick machines on purpose by requiring on-brand ink. Now this? I hope they are sued. Repeatedly.
HP didn't brick any machines because of ink choice. They prevented them from working with off-brand ink, but the printers worked properly again once HP ink was inserted. "Bricking" is permanent, but the ink thing wasn't. "Bricking" was a disappointingly widespread misconception in the thread from 7 days ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35931468
Again, I'm not condoning the ink thing at all, but "bricking" is not what was happening. HP is already bad enough, we don't need to spread false information on top of it.
It either is or it isn't.
Your printer may work but now it's almost cheaper to throw it away and buy another one than refilling it. The only way it could be worse would be if HP decided to triple their ink price the same day.
If BMW updated and locked your car unless you used BMW branded wiper fluid (i.e. water) they'd be sued and scorned all the way to outer space, but somehow when a printer company does it it's okay.