misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square229fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
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
minus-squarelefixxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·edit-220 hours agoBrother losing all competitive advantage they had via reputation. Doing a very big 180 and reversing the changes and commiting to no do t his BS is the only way to undo this
Brother losing all competitive advantage they had via reputation. Doing a very big 180 and reversing the changes and commiting to no do t his BS is the only way to undo this
Losing*