misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 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-square216fedilinkarrow-up11.15Kfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11.15Kexternal-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-24 days agomessage-square216fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldtechnology@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-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95·5 days agoI suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
minus-squareYarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoGot this link from reddacted mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag
I suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
Got this link from reddacted
mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag