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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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz 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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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh FFS. Not Brother as well. I used to recommend them to everyone. Who is left with unshittified printers?

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Epson inkjets with refillable tanks probably.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Depending on the frequency of your printing, they can suck as well. Chronically clogged nozzles are maddening.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And this is why I'll never connect my working printer to the internet.

Taking a USB stick to it to print is annoying, but fuck this shit.

They're all horrible companies

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So… when there is some controversy over an article in Lemmy it gets the strike though? How did this evolve?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you read the article:

We are aware of the recent false claims suggesting that a Brother firmware update may have restricted the use of third-party ink cartridges. Please be assured that Brother firmware updates do not block the use of third-party ink in our machines.

So there’s no reason to leave an inflammatory and likely wrong title unchanged or otherwise without notation. The title is completely readable. I’m all for wrong information being flagged, and a strikethrough is a fine method of doing so.

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Totally agree. Just the first time I have seen the notation.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -2 points 3 months ago

Drag thought Brother were supposed to be the makers of user friendly printers. Are they enshittifying?