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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] ghostrider2112 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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)

[–] shalafi 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got a tiny HP laser from an old job. Must be 15+ years old, runs perfectly and toner is $20 for god knows how many pages.

[–] Quazatron 4 points 1 day ago

Looks like nobody can or is willing to do decent printers anymore. I'll run my Laserjet 1100 till it dies, then I'm done with printing.