Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1218arrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portalswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareRobotToasterlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 month ago WTF does it need “firmware” for Printing, pretty much every printer ever made has firmware. Your keyboard probably has a firmware.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoPretty sure in this context it’s referring to firmware updates. Which is how Brother screwed over their existing customers
minus-square𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·1 month agoApparently the quotes were not enough to make the oversimplification blatantly obvious
Printing, pretty much every printer ever made has firmware. Your keyboard probably has a firmware.
Pretty sure in this context it’s referring to firmware updates. Which is how Brother screwed over their existing customers
Apparently the quotes were not enough to make the oversimplification blatantly obvious