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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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[–] 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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