misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 hours 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-square214fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11.13Karrow-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-26 hours agomessage-square214fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@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-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 hours agoWhat’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?
minus-squarejohn_lemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agounderstandable, have a good day
minus-squareamphetaminisiert@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoAs if using an USB stick to print isn’t more effort 😂
What’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?
effort
understandable, have a good day
Most relatable comment ever.
As if using an USB stick to print isn’t more effort 😂