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~~Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals~~ [see comments] (www.tomshardware.com)
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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

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Crappy 3rd party engineering could be an issue.

Sure. However, I've seen allegations that swapping chips worked for one person and failed for another. That needs to be investigated.

too much of that happening these days

Agreed. Only claim what you have the receipts for. Clickbait blows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Yes…the engineering could have been in the chip.

The rest, we’re on the same page.