YOU ARE A PRINTER WE ARE ALL PRINTERS
       
       2024-04-03
       
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       > Anyway, here’s the best printer for 2024: a Brother laser printer. You can
       just pick any one you like; I have one with a sheet feeder and one without a
       sheet feeder. Both of them have reliably printed return labels and random
       forms and pictures for my kid to color for years now, and I have never
       purchased replacement toner for either one. Neither has fallen off the WiFi or
       insisted I sign up for an ink-related hostage situation or required me to
       consider the ongoing schemes of HP executives who seem determined to make
       people hate a legendary brand with straightforward cash grabs and weird DRM
       ideas.
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       > Nilay Patel (The Verge)
       It's sort-of alarming that Brother are the only big player in the printer
       space who subscribe to a philosophy of "don't treat the customers like
       livestock". Presumably all it'd take is a board-level decision to flip the
       switch from "not evil" to "evil" and we'd lose something valuable. Thankfully,
       for now at least, they still clearly see the value of the positive marketing
       the world gives them. Positive marketing like like this article.
       
       The article is excellent, by the way. I know that I'm "supposed" to stir up
       hatred about the fact that its conclusion is written by an AI but... well,
       just read it for yourself and you'll see why I don't mind even one bit. Top
       notch reporting. Consider following the links within it to stories about how
       other printer manufacturers continue to show exactly how shitty they can be.
       
       I recommended a Brother printer to the Vagina Museum the other month. I assume
       it 's still working out fine for them (and not ripping them off, spying on
       them, and/or contributing to the destruction of the the planet).
       
       LINKS
       
 (HTM) Brother
 (HTM) My blog post about recommending a Brother printer to the Vagina Museum
 (HTM) Vagina Museum