▲ 1191 ▼ Brother 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) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 247 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 72 points 2 years ago (3 children) And once again the only available good tech is old 2nd hand. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* Yep. Just getting ready to replace the color laser printer I bought almost 10 years ago. I had been considering a new Brother before this but looks like I’m going the 2nd hand route again (last one was an open box HP from microcenter for $200 lol) permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I got a tiny HP laser from an old job. Must be 15+ years old, runs perfectly and toner is $20 for god knows how many pages. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I'll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I'm done with printing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* Yep. Just getting ready to replace the color laser printer I bought almost 10 years ago. I had been considering a new Brother before this but looks like I’m going the 2nd hand route again (last one was an open box HP from microcenter for $200 lol) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I got a tiny HP laser from an old job. Must be 15+ years old, runs perfectly and toner is $20 for god knows how many pages. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I'll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I'm done with printing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I'll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I'm done with printing. permalink fedilink source parent