Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update

Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows::Go native or go home: End of servicing plan rolled out for legacy printer drivers in fresh update

  • Zink@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Maybe they could require a wifi connection back to the mothership before the printer itself will do any printing. Or just say fuck it and ship their printers with wifi/ethernet only.

    Hopefully the consumer market wouldn’t let them get away with that crap, but on a technical level I have to think there are so many ways to mess with it. Just look at all the other enshittification going on around us.

    • topinambour_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      They could do it, just removing usb port. I dont doubt they will find a solution. Who knows maybe they will just bribe Microsoft.