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HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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Oh BROTHER, not this again.
On a more serious note, I've been all about brother printers for a few years now and couldn't be happier.
https://youtu.be/bpHX_9fHNqE
Unfortunately brother seems to be doing it now too. Don't let your old Brother printers update.
meantime turns out was misunderstanding/bullshit. I mean even the video title was changed. maybe reroute your rage energies elsewhere
Called brother about this and talked through the issues raised by Rossmann, they convinced me enough to buy 3 printers from them this month.
They apparently restricted 3rd party ink now too.
You got a source? Everyone else says it was debunked.
Oh didn’t hear it was debunked. Cool to know!
My current brother printer is a pile of shit.
I've been rockin my HL3170CDW for many years now. I have absolutely no issues with this printer, and I'll buy nothing else.