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Re:Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink c... by account42 on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @10:07AM (#43267528)
> artificially degrading the quality (lower DPI, fake printhead jerks)

Huh, won't users just blame the printer for that?

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Re:Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink c... by noname120 on Friday March 07, 2025 @05:59AM (#43289155)
Not if it only happens on 3rd-party cartridges combined with the fact that Xerox claims that they are low-quality and compared to their high quality genuine original cartridges™
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