#brother on Hacker News

2 stories tagged brother, newest first.

Screenshot of tomshardware.com: Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges

Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges (tomshardware.com)

479 points by m463 1 year ago | 289 comments

Tom's Hardware news article reporting that Brother allegedly uses forced firmware updates to block third-party ink cartridges and removed older firmware versions from its support portals.

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Screenshot of retro.social: Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating

Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating (retro.social)

816 points by anotherevan 2 years ago | 632 comments

A Mastodon post arguing Brother became the recommended printer brand because competitors made their printers worse through anti-consumer 'innovation' while Brother didn't.

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#brother on Hacker News

Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges(tomshardware.com)

Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating(retro.social)

Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges (tomshardware.com)

Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating (retro.social)