• Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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      Are their printers bad? I haven’t even tried any in decades because their business practices are so awful, but I always thought that at the very least the printers themselves should be good.

      Sadly, Brother’s printers might be going on the same direction now.

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        They’re fine so long as you keep them offline and don’t ever update the firmware. I’ve had my current HP for 7 years, it’s been solid so far.

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        HP has gotten in trouble multiple times now for firmware updates that intentionally brick their own printers, usually in an effort to stop people from using 3rd-party ink. Their system for verifying authentic ink is unreliable though so everytime they do it they also brick a bunch of printers that are overpaying for HP ink.

        Generally HP is the poster child for the worst inkjet printer company.

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        My understanding is the Brother fiasco turned out to be baseless. At the very least, nobody else has stepped forward to corroborate the issues that were claimed.