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-square248fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
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-21 month agomessage-square248fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
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-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month agoI think they meant - movement to release custom firmware for existing printers.
I think they meant - movement to release custom firmware for existing printers.