misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 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-square243fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
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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-210 hours 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.