@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • edit-211 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-square232fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hardware[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.17Karrow-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-211 hours agomessage-square232fedilinkfile-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-squareJackFrostNColalinkEnglish3•8 hours agoYeah interesting find, and i agree plus you can always sic the ACCC onto them if they start being painful
Yeah interesting find, and i agree plus you can always sic the ACCC onto them if they start being painful