Trying to track down the source of stuff online is so weird these days. Ars Technica mentions the “Brother printers blocking third-party ink" thing that just started blowing up is I guess because someone made a video that's sourced from a three-year-old reddit post? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/