misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 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-square240fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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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-up1·3 hours 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.