Isn't this a design flaw, and such printers can be returned in (atleast most) EU countries? If there is a flaw, that existed when you bought the device, that prevents you doing the thing you bought the device for, you can return the device to the seller to get them to either fix it or to get a refund.

If every time some manufacturer decided to do stupid stuff like this, 80% of their customers returned the devices to get refunds, they would maybe actually stop with the shitty behaviour.