On the Brother printer "heel turn" report:

https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-accused-of-locking-down-third-party-printer-ink-cartridges-via-firmware-updates-removing-older-firmware-versions-from-support-portals

To be real, they have been anti consumer for years now so this is nothing new.

From 2022:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131

#printers #printer #DRM #IP

cc @pluralistic