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Blue_Morpho ,

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.

ichmagrum ,

We need to lobotomize our "smart" devices ...

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

null ,
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ESPHome has entered the chat.

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

Dudewitbow ,

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.

frezik ,

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

doofer_name ,

I use a canon… so yeah… better get a brother

somenonewho ,

Incredibly I've had two printers I've never really had issues with.

  1. The brother laser my sister uses with Ubuntu without a hitch since forever
  2. The canon inkjet printer/scanner that is wifi connected in my flatshare
SmoothLiquidation ,

I got a Canon MF3010 laser printer a few years back. It is attached to a print server made out of an old Mac laptop I had. It has been great. I can print to it from anything, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS and I have had to replace the toner once since I got it.

folkrav ,

CUPS picks up my TR7020 just fine. It’s still an inkjet piece of garbage, but it works fine lol

neidu2 ,

I honestly don't remember my printer brand. And that's a good sign. I bought it years ago, and it now lives under my basement stairs on a static IP via wifi, accepting the on average bimonthly print job that I need from it. Then I walk down, fetch the print, and close the door on it again. I should name it Harry Potter.

db2 ,

Harry Printer

Sphks ,
@Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Harry Plotter ?

iqwertyasdf ,

You’re a printer Harry.

BarrelAgedBoredom ,

I'm a what???

don ,

Your a wizard harry

bleistift2 ,

I hope it’s at least in standby mode, and not always on.

wreckedcarzz ,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

Nah, it's been running since '11 and because of a critical network vulnerability that op never patched, it's been a bitcoin slave since '15. But the paper is always nice and toasty.

PrettyFlyForAFatGuy ,

dude, airgap that shit

ininewcrow ,
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca avatar

Give a lightning scar across the top

ObviouslyNotBanana ,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

It runs arch btw

anonymouse ,

And Doom

brakebreaker101 , (edited )

You may not remember the brand, but sounds to me like you got yourself a Brother laser printer.

Zink ,

I might not know the brand of my Brother laser printer either, if it weren’t for all the other printers sucking so badly.

wreckedcarzz ,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

"Dude, you're getting a Dell Brother!"

AlpacaChariot ,

Harry Plotter

psud ,

My sister in law bought a plotter, I should suggest that name for it

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