Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days ago[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer companyyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI rarely use a printer now that my kids are in college. When it dies, I had a choice between laser printer, Brother inkjet, or none. “None” is now my first choice
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWe have a laser printer (Brother), and if it dies, I plan to just go to the local library.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThat’s what we did. For the few pages we need to print, I can use the machine at the library for $0.10/page.
minus-squarecomfydecal@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoSo issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoSeriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?
minus-squarealcoholic_chipmunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI kind of doubt it. Local libraries have a hard time staying open due to funding.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd they have a hard time caring about your data because they can’t do anything with it anyway.
I rarely use a printer now that my kids are in college. When it dies, I had a choice between laser printer, Brother inkjet, or none. “None” is now my first choice
We have a laser printer (Brother), and if it dies, I plan to just go to the local library.
That’s what we did.
For the few pages we need to print, I can use the machine at the library for $0.10/page.
So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata
I trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.
Seriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?
I kind of doubt it. Local libraries have a hard time staying open due to funding.
And they have a hard time caring about your data because they can’t do anything with it anyway.