I've been using laser printers exclusively since the early 2000's. I only had a single inkjet I purchased myself and that was because I needed it for a college class where I had to print some higher quality color pictures. That was also in the early 2000's. After that class I switched to laser only... my first laser printer being a really old one that somebody in my dorm had thrown out because somebody had stuck an inkjet transparency through it and it got stuck.
Cleaned it out and used that printer for a few years before it died.
Think I had an HP LJ4 or LJ5 after that and then a Dell/Lexmark that I picked up at a thrift store for $7... it only needed the Drum counter reset. Used that printer for 5-6 years before it wore out enough to need me to spend more money than I wanted to on it.
Now I have another HP, but it is color, can print double sided and has a scanner built in. Been using this one for over 5 years now and generally spend about $40 for a complete set of aftermarket high capacity toner carts. We've gone through tons and tons of reams of paper with this one and it hasn't given us a single issue.