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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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[โ€“] obinice 134 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

You were the chosen one! ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 19 hours ago

They had two things going for them... Decent linux support and non-shitty DRM ink/toner

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

I have a Ricoh that doesn't give me any problems, works out of the box with Linux pcl6 drivers. Bought a third party toner cartridge like 8 years ago, still using it today. It's an old model, but worth checking newer ones.