misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square250fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.19Karrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square250fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101·1 month agoI suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoInternet Archive is extremely lax in what it allows
minus-squareYarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoGot this link from reddacted mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag
I suggest whoever has old firmware files to upload them to the Internet Archive (if they allow those).
Internet Archive is extremely lax in what it allows
Got this link from reddacted
mega.nz/folder/gjgiXA4Z#VHJqPNUx8wgcPYyfq44zag