jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoFirmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridgesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days agoBrother was caught recently using software to block third party toner cartridges like HP did. https://www.yahoo.com/tech/brother-denies-firmware-blocks-third-165556103.html Hopefully this isn’t Brother enshittifing their own product, but it’s possible.
Brother was caught recently using software to block third party toner cartridges like HP did.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/brother-denies-firmware-blocks-third-165556103.html
Hopefully this isn’t Brother enshittifing their own product, but it’s possible.