TechnologyEnglish · 10 hours ago

Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals

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Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals

www.tomshardware.com

TechnologyEnglish · 10 hours ago

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RepairTuber Louis Rossmann taken aback by Brother’s quiet turn to the dark side.

RepairTuber Louis Rossmann taken aback by Brother’s quiet turn to the dark side.

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You can still get dot matrix printers with cheap, 3rd party ribbons.
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  I lived through those, once was enough, thank you.

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