misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 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-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-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-218 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
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-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoAnd this is why I’ll never connect my working printer to the internet. Taking a USB stick to it to print is annoying, but fuck this shit. They’re all horrible companies
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoWhat’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?
And this is why I’ll never connect my working printer to the internet.
Taking a USB stick to it to print is annoying, but fuck this shit.
They’re all horrible companies
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