@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • edit-221 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-square244fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: hardware[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.19Karrow-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-221 hours agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-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-square@bitjunkielinkEnglish2•4 hours agoIn my experience, people who are aware of open source and the like are also people who only print something when they absolutely HAVE to.
In my experience, people who are aware of open source and the like are also people who only print something when they absolutely HAVE to.