Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink (arstechnica.com)

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[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

Brother printers do not intentionally degrade print quality based on whether a Brother Genuine or non-genuine ink/ toner cartridge is used. Brother cannot verify the quality of printing that will result when using a third-party compatible with a Brother printer.

Could you imagine if your PC refused to boot because you didn’t put Genuine OEM RAM in, instead using GSKILL?

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I don't need to imagine, I've worked on enterprise gear like that.

[-] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

So... Apple?

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Well for the RAM upgrade scenario, they solder the RAM directly on the motherboard so it’s nearly impossible to upgrade it, but as far as I know, they don’t prevent the machine from using it once it’s been upgraded.

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