They were the last good guys :(

I guess it's time to buy the printer I've been postponing

Nooo, you were the only remaining printer company that wasn't a customer-hating dumpster fire of a company!

Oh, Brother.

My general rule of thumb is that any software update has a 50% chance of making the software worse. So I don't update anything without a good reason. That includes not just device updates but things like phone apps.

It's going to get to the point where you might be better off going back to dot matrix if tank-based inkjet printers are somehow locked down via chemical DRM too.

Fuck I just got rid of my 2008 BW laser brother and bought a new one that hasn't arrived. Thanks for the warning, at least I will be able to set my firewall before I even connect it to my network

So… when there is some controversy over an article in Lemmy it gets the strike though? How did this evolve?

Buy an ecotank printer, they're more expensive initially but that's because they actually make you pay for the printer

Ecotank's use liquid ink that you fill in tanks instead of cartridges

There's no way they can check the ink on ecotank printers

They deny it was the firmware update. But not that something else has happened

I’ve had issues with colour but not B&W

Are there more precise informations about affected firmware versions yet? Recently bought a refurbished laser printer and still have a brother toner, but my intent would be to buy aftermarket toners in future.

Buy an Epson EcoTank printer. My family owns three. You pay more for the printer but just dump in bottles of ink when they need refilling.

I'm only letting my latest Brother printer connect to my computer through the USB cable. No Internet connection at all.