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Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So... Apple?

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Well for the RAM upgrade scenario, they solder the RAM directly on the motherboard so it’s nearly impossible to upgrade it, but as far as I know, they don’t prevent the machine from using it once it’s been upgraded.