Why is it so hard to understand that an Unidentified Flying Object is simply something flying that the observer doesn't know what it is. We know that the aerospace industry makes new planes, and that many of these are secret designs that we don't have clearance to know about. Thus, many, if not all, UFOs are simply classified aircraft. Simple.
So the bricking is because there are chips in the ink cartridges. And why are there chips in the cartridges? Because HP wants to charge exorbitant rates for ink.
Moved to Zoho (specifically Zillum (zoho for families)). That takes care of email, cloud storage, calendar, contacts, online office suite.
I use linux on my laptop (manjaro). Firefox for browser. Searxng for search. Selfhosting FreshRSS. 1Password for password manager.
Good luck on the process!