misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days 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-square173fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down15file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-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-229 days agomessage-square173fedilinkfile-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-up84·1 month agoI suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
I suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).