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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-squareNindelofocho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoWait until copy shops start raising their prices cause nobody has printers anymore and you have no choice but to use them
minus-squareIndescribablySad@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·5 days agoStill cost me less than a new printer every two years if they multiplied their prices by 10.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoyup and your not using a printer every single day.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoa personal printer/ink is far more expensive.
Wait until copy shops start raising their prices cause nobody has printers anymore and you have no choice but to use them
Still cost me less than a new printer every two years if they multiplied their prices by 10.
yup and your not using a printer every single day.
a personal printer/ink is far more expensive.