[l] A New Hope: Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink.

We are aware of the recent false claims suggesting that a Brother firmware update may have restricted the use of third-party ink cartridges. Please be assured that Brother firmware updates do not block the use of third-party ink in our machines.

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Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink

Brother: Updates aren’t behind degradation of quality or removal of features.

^{Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)}