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   Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:41:31 JST Waldo Jaquith

   The last non-evil printer company has turned evil. Brother has rolled out firmware update that prevent third-party toner cartridges from working. https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-accused-of-locking-down-third-party-printer-ink-cartridges-via-firmware-updates-removing-older-firmware-versions-from-support-portals

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     John Siracusa (siracusa@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 07:15:34 JST John Siracusa

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @waldoj @Gargron https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 07:15:34 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • John Siracusa

     @siracusa @waldoj Thank you, retracted my boost.