For years, more ham-fisted printer manufacturers have waged a not-so-subtle war on consumers by blocking the ability to use cheaper, third-party printer cartridges. HP and Canon have both been part…
  • OptionalEnglish
    13•3 days ago

    I actually wondered that at the time simply because whenever a new person discovers the horrors of HP printers people in the comments are always boosting Brother printers.

    Like, if Canon had been accused of bricking third-party printer ink I’m not sure it would have made the feed.

    • @MadMadBunny@lemmy.caEnglish
      6•3 days ago

      Exactly. The style of accusations, and the aggressive tone the perpetrators use… This really looks and feels like a smear campaign against Brother.