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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 (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nooooooo I thought they were the ones NOT doing that. That was kind of their USP for me...

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 23 hours ago

Always disconnect any IoT devices you buy from the internet. Anything from cameras to switches to TVs to washing machines can and will be downgraded or killed at some point if you allow vendors to push updates without your consent.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was only a matter of time, there isn't enough competition in the market to punish such actions.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm. I wonder if the decline of printer use is a factor.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39089971

Consumer printers are a dying market, in case you havent noticed. Sales are trending down roughly 25% over the past decade. HP itself has seen its printer revenue drop from $29B in 2008 to $18B last year. Unit sales have seen a similar decline.

This is what desperation looks like. Nothing they can do will reverse the trend--its bigger than a single company. HP has its numbers to hit.. but are completely powerless to make it grow. So they do things like this, trying to slow the decline for themselves personally... but push more consumers away, accelerating the trend and the decline of their business.

[–] useyourmainfinger@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only $18B, boo Fkn hoo, the line must go up is a cancerous blight..

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

That number is revenue, we have no idea how much, if any, profit was made.