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InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• cubism_pitta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Brother has pulled some shit recently…

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  • eRac@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Recently” being one Reddit post three years ago about needing to manually index the color nozzles on their third-party ink.

    A YouTuber hyped it up as Brother turning to the dark side so that he could profit off clicks.

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    • cubism_pitta@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it was Louis Rossman and recently was within the past month; That said its currently being discussed Image

      I don’t really like Louis Rossman much but most of his critiques of companies not treating consumers correctly are typically correct

      Personally speaking though removing old firmware from site and adding a genuine cartridge check are the first steps you would take to begin limiting users.

      EcoTank I like because Epson can literally NOT confirm if the ink is genuine or not (if you REALLY were determined you could even get Magenta into the Cyan tank and it would still squirt ink out… although incorrectly of course)

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      • MrQuallzin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I used to like Rossman, but over the years it just kinda seems like he’s fallen into a negativity spiral. What used to be educational just sounds spiteful a lot of the time now.

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  • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Still beats everyone else.

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  • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was unconfirmed but Louis Rossmann blew it up into a big thing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy, he’ll be the first one to admit he’s not perfect, but that was not his finest work and nothing about it was convincing. Brother isn’t perfect either, but as far as printer manufacturers go, they’re pretty okay.

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• Pondis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But real toner is expensive!

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  • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Only other printer I would try is Samsung, had one a long time ago and it just worked.

    But love my brother printers, they work on BSD automatically, never seen that before.

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    • adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      samsung’s printer business was acquiredextinguished by the devilhp in 2017

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  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • youngalfred@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I was going to say I order from inkstation (Australia) and have never had an issue with third party toner or drums. And they’re a quarter of the price of an original!

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