▲ 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
[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 years ago (1 child) Brother used to be the good guys... Damn. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago Right? I used to recommend friends and family invest in a brother laser printer instead of inkjet, especially if they didn’t need color permalink fedilink source parent
[–] junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 years ago Right? I used to recommend friends and family invest in a brother laser printer instead of inkjet, especially if they didn’t need color permalink fedilink source parent