▲ 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
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) a personal printer/ink is far more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago Not for me, 40€ toner cartridge gets me 10k pages, already have over 80k pages printed so the printer paid itself multiple times compared to a copyshop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago Not for me, 40€ toner cartridge gets me 10k pages, already have over 80k pages printed so the printer paid itself multiple times compared to a copyshop permalink fedilink source parent