misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days 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-square251fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.19Karrow-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-24 days agomessage-square251fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoKyocera. Also Japanese, and plenty of cheap generic toners available online. They even publish Linux drivers.
Kyocera.
Also Japanese, and plenty of cheap generic toners available online. They even publish Linux drivers.