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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 to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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

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[–] 148 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It's like every company that wasn't complete shit just suddenly decided to...go to complete shit.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    If regulators don’t stop them from doing it, the CEO’s of publicly traded companies will get the boot from the board for not doing it. They have a fiduciary duty to be as shitty as humanly possible.

    We need laws to stop this, but the politicians are all bribed not to.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They have a fiduciary duty to be as shitty as humanly possible.

    They don't -- that's a cargo-cult misunderstanding of Dodge v. Ford Motor Co -- but it's so widely believed I guess it might as well be true.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If the people sitting on the Supreme Court believe it, and I believe the majority of those shitbags do, then that is unfortunately the law as it stands.

    But when the law is unethical, I don’t see why we should be lawful.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Dude, Brother is not even an US company - like most big printer companies it's Japanese and traded at the Tokyo stock exchange.

    So.... You're arguments are invalid and only show your americentric world view.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Well, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, such as the way Costco mostly operates. Being the good guys has a lot of brand value. With a little nurturing of the vast propaganda machine known as advertising, that could be improved.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's like every company that wasn't complete playing the social good will game and didn't appear at a casual glance to be shit just suddenly decided to...go to complete shit. masks off, because they saw it might finally be acceptable to be ghouls again.

    Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I FTFY. Wish it weren't so, but that's definitely what it looks like....

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The mask of humanity fall[s] from capital. It has to take it off to kill everyone -- everything you love; all the hope and tenderness in the world. It has to take it off, just for one second. To do the deed.

    • The Deserter, Disco Elysium

    They are just taking the mask off since they don't have to wear it right now.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Game is such a fucking gem. I gotta do a replay soon.

    They are just taking the mask off since they don't have to wear it right now.

    Cuts into profit margins pretending to not be a threat to the continued existence of the species and ecosystem as a whole. Gotta buy that 15th mega-yacht.

    Something something, I'll bring the BBQ sauce.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The government has mostly turned a blind eye to dark pattern business for years, and now the president is openly saying that he encourages it and wants companies to step up their game. Of course things are going to get worse, especially now where everyone will have forgotten this by the next election, so it'll get to stay as "the norm"

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