BTW, I’ve had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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    Interestingly a Lemmy user in another thread has a very negative view of Brother because he only uses Brother cutting machines (for craft projects) and it’s filled with DRM and HP style lock in.

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        There need to be open source “smart” devices. Like, I’ve read and edited the source code running on my 3D printer. I was able to do that in my own home because it’s got an Arduino Mega for a motherboard.

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            I have a couple ESP32s, and the main thing that concerns me is that they utterly rely on the ESP-IDF toolchain. It runs on Espressif’s RTOS basically no matter what. They’re capable if weird little microcontrollers but they just slightly sketch me out.

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      its why i dont like buying by brand, but rather specific product.

      buying by brand gives companies a pass when they push out a shit product.

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      Their sewing machines are crap, too, from what I’ve heard. Shouldn’t assume their whole product line is worthwhile.