Why can I only use HP ink for my Photosmart Printer?

HP ink is ridiculously expensive. We all know that. That's how your company became successful and your executive's became rich. Fine. But, you did not become successful by selling printers or any other "hardware", you became successful by selling INK. Selling it at wildly inflated prices. Here's another example: Movie theaters make all their money, not through ticket sales (i.e. selling printers) but by selling popcorn at ridiculous prices (by selling ink at ridiculous prices).
I see, on Amazon and a number of other sites, "refurbished" cartridges. Are they refurbished by HP? I'm quite seiously considering getting a non-HP printer and returning my Photosmart 6520 to Amazon.Com . Getting a non-HP printer. I will also check to see what Consumer Reports says.
Meanwhile, I am going through ink like it's water. I get maybe TEN PHOTOS printed out per cartridge."Photosmart" is right. You were VERY smart! You sucker us in with excellent machines, then drain us of every dime we make replacing your fraudulent cartridges. "Fraudulent"? Yup. You have your machines say "Ink is "low". With the cartridge still one third filled. That's not LOW. And, you KNOW that. But, you send endless messages, one after another after another after another trying to freak us out, SCARE us into buying more and more and more and more.... INK.  Frankly, because of your fraudulent "warning system", I probably throw OUT as much ink as I USE!   And, that is JUST the way you like it. I GET it. WE ALL GET IT.
And, those air boxes saying "Do you want a reward?" I click "YES". Nothing. Nothing.
Can you tell me anything at all that will allow me to stay with HP? I think the quality of your printers is quite high. But, I cannot afford multiple hundreds of dollars a yearon INK. I'm just not that stupid. Currently, after only a few weeks, I am spending more money on ink than I am on FOOD.  I will not continue to do so.
CAN you help me somehow? Is there a way to make more reasonable the prices of your ink cartridges by either extending life or buying refurbished?
I await your answer.

Hi,
Firstly I'd like to clarify myself: I'm not working for any hardware and software vendor. I've posted few times: they (all of them) don't sell printers, they sell inks because in many cases total cost of a new set of inks is more expensive than a new printer with inks (I know cartridges are not full). Since inks are very expensive, many people use chip resetters, continuous inks systems .... to reduce printing cost such as some thing like one of this.
Regards.
BH
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