misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square250fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down15file-text
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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-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes…the engineering could have been in the chip. The rest, we’re on the same page.
Yes…the engineering could have been in the chip.
The rest, we’re on the same page.