@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • edit-25 hours agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hardware[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • edit-25 hours agomessage-square203fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware[email protected][email protected]
Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-squareDremorlinkEnglish2•13 hours agoEven with a backup, there are chance they put a “security feature” to prevent downgrade.
Even with a backup, there are chance they put a “security feature” to prevent downgrade.