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minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·10 months agoOh BROTHER, not this again. On a more serious note, I’ve been all about brother printers for a few years now and couldn’t be happier.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoMy current brother printer is a pile of shit.
minus-squareBillythegoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThey apparently restricted 3rd party ink now too.
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoYou got a source? Everyone else says it was debunked.
minus-square2pt_perversion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down9·10 months agohttps://youtu.be/bpHX_9fHNqE Unfortunately brother seems to be doing it now too. Don’t let your old Brother printers update.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 months agomeantime turns out was misunderstanding/bullshit. I mean even the video title was changed. maybe reroute your rage energies elsewhere
minus-squaremanualoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoCalled brother about this and talked through the issues raised by Rossmann, they convinced me enough to buy 3 printers from them this month.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoI’ve been rockin my HL3170CDW for many years now. I have absolutely no issues with this printer, and I’ll buy nothing else.
Oh BROTHER, not this again.
On a more serious note, I’ve been all about brother printers for a few years now and couldn’t be happier.
My current brother printer is a pile of shit.
They apparently restricted 3rd party ink now too.
You got a source? Everyone else says it was debunked.
https://youtu.be/bpHX_9fHNqE
Unfortunately brother seems to be doing it now too. Don’t let your old Brother printers update.
meantime turns out was misunderstanding/bullshit. I mean even the video title was changed. maybe reroute your rage energies elsewhere
Called brother about this and talked through the issues raised by Rossmann, they convinced me enough to buy 3 printers from them this month.
I’ve been rockin my HL3170CDW for many years now. I have absolutely no issues with this printer, and I’ll buy nothing else.