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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

WTF does it need “firmware” for

Printing, pretty much every printer ever made has firmware. Your keyboard probably has a firmware.

Pretty sure in this context it's referring to firmware updates. Which is how Brother screwed over their existing customers

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Apparently the quotes were not enough to make the oversimplification blatantly obvious