@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • edit-26 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-square207fedilinkarrow-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-26 hours agomessage-square207fedilinkfile-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-squareNutWrenchlinkEnglish6•11 hours agoI’m only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•13 minutes agoRPi as a printer server, with the printer connected to its USB port. Use FreeBSD on RPi just to make sure…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 hours agoCareful with that you though. I thought the same thing but someone pointed out in another thread that depending on your system, it may update the firmware over USB when you do system updates.
I’m only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.
RPi as a printer server, with the printer connected to its USB port. Use FreeBSD on RPi just to make sure…
Careful with that you though. I thought the same thing but someone pointed out in another thread that depending on your system, it may update the firmware over USB when you do system updates.