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~~Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals~~ [see comments] (www.tomshardware.com)
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Brother deny the claims:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/

via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250

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[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Definitely true. I’ve been putting off an upgrade of my NAS because they have randomly decided to completely remove the video streaming software that came with it when I bought it. So infuriating.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Time to DIY.

I use a regular Linux system and set stuff up manually, but there are options that do more out of the box if you don't know how (and don't want to learn) to DIY the software.

[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m working on that. I have little previous experience with Linux and self hosting but I’m slowly making progress. I now have switched my gaming PC over to Linux almost full time. I know I can switch to Jellyfin for video streaming but it’s been a lower priority to figure out compared with other services I’m trying to understand how to self host.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Rock on, you're killing it! Please don't hesitate to ask questions either here or a place like !selfhosted@lemmy.world.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago

Id recommend Proxmox on a cheap n100 nuc.
Makes it easy to spin up VMs, take snapshots of them, tinker and break them, then roll back to the snapshot

[–] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Tell me you are using synology without telling me you are using synology