misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months 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-square249fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down15file-text
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-22 months agomessage-square249fedilinkfile-text
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-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101·2 months agoI suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoInternet Archive is extremely lax in what it allows
minus-squareYarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoGot this link from reddacted mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag
I suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
Internet Archive is extremely lax in what it allows
Got this link from reddacted
mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag