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minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOh BROTHER, not this again. On a more serious note, I’ve been all about brother printers for a few years now and couldn’t be happier.
minus-squareBillythegoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey apparently restricted 3rd party ink now too.
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYou got a source? Everyone else says it was debunked.
minus-squareBillythegoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOh didn’t hear it was debunked. Cool to know!
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agohttps://youtu.be/bpHX_9fHNqE Unfortunately brother seems to be doing it now too. Don’t let your old Brother printers update.
minus-squaremanualoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoCalled brother about this and talked through the issues raised by Rossmann, they convinced me enough to buy 3 printers from them this month.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agomeantime turns out was misunderstanding/bullshit. I mean even the video title was changed. maybe reroute your rage energies elsewhere
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoMy current brother printer is a pile of shit.
Oh BROTHER, not this again.
On a more serious note, I’ve been all about brother printers for a few years now and couldn’t be happier.
They apparently restricted 3rd party ink now too.
You got a source? Everyone else says it was debunked.
Oh didn’t hear it was debunked. Cool to know!
https://youtu.be/bpHX_9fHNqE
Unfortunately brother seems to be doing it now too. Don’t let your old Brother printers update.
Called brother about this and talked through the issues raised by Rossmann, they convinced me enough to buy 3 printers from them this month.
meantime turns out was misunderstanding/bullshit. I mean even the video title was changed. maybe reroute your rage energies elsewhere
My current brother printer is a pile of shit.