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Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals

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Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals

www.tomshardware.com

Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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RepairTuber Louis Rossmann taken aback by Brother’s quiet turn to the dark side.
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