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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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[–] Pregnenolone 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t at all feel vindicated, but my Brother printer is the worst printer I ever owned (this was 20 years ago admittedly). Absolute hunk of junk with nothing but problems. I’ve always wondered why they were so well recommended online.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Could have been a Friday afternoon one. The one I have is a workhorse that could print on bark using toner made of charcoal and dust.