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torcetelast Sunday at 6:59 PM3 repliesview on HN

Like my brother printer's software. It kept pestering me to apply updates, and when I did, my non-genuine cartridges stopped working. So, never update the printer's software.


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tas50last Sunday at 10:44 PM

My HP scanner software updated and took away all the advanced options and required a login with a Facebook account to scan. Never again HP

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qwerpylast Monday at 8:19 AM

Damn. I bought brother just so I wouldn't be locked into overpriced cartridges. Although what I've been doing now is to reuse the starter cartridge, add some very inexpensive third-party toner to it, and reset the pages counter. It has worked well for the past few years.

randyrandlast Sunday at 9:39 PM

wow I thought brother was a respectable brand. thanks for sharing this.

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