misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 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-square211fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.14Karrow-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-26 hours agomessage-square211fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-214 hours agoThe issues with each are very different: Proton - CEO sucks and for some reason is sucking up to Trump; products are still good Mozilla - PR team sucks, though AFAIK the product is still fine, and you can use a fork to avoid the PR/legal team Brother - actively screwing you
The issues with each are very different: