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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Nice, Brother was the last one standing in my mind.

I'm glad I have an IoT vlan without internet access. Nothing is allowed to phone home here.

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[–] [email protected] 292 points 3 months ago (12 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 months ago (19 children)

Epson inkjets with refillable tanks probably.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They were the last good guys :(

I guess it's time to buy the printer I've been postponing

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And once again the only available good tech is old 2nd hand.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep. Just getting ready to replace the color laser printer I bought almost 10 years ago. I had been considering a new Brother before this but looks like I’m going the 2nd hand route again (last one was an open box HP from microcenter for $200 lol)

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