misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months 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-square247fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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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-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down2·2 months agoProton, Mozilla, Brother Its not gonna stop there 😓
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoThe issues with each are very different: Proton - CEO sucks and for some reason is sucking up to Trump; products are still good Mozilla - PR team sucks, though AFAIK the product is still fine, and you can use a fork to avoid the PR/legal team Brother - actively screwing you
Proton, Mozilla, Brother
Its not gonna stop there
😓
The issues with each are very different: