Haha, too true! They can never just give us a useful tool without “Microsoft-izing” it first

Agreed. Any rules or regulations for a federated network would likely need to be new legislation (if it’s really even needed at all).

Sounds like it only affects services with 45 million or more members. Lemmy should be safe for a while :P

Agreed. I never really can understand why companies wage wars on modding communities. They’re not giving away the game or costing money. In many cases they’re doing free work that encourages even more sales.

Yea, I’m not really sure what is to be gained by going after something that’s strictly scientific and really only stands to benefit us all.

A few months from now the headline will be: “Microsoft to Buy Ubisoft”

I’ve been using the HL-L8360 for a few years and I still haven’t had to replace the cartridges it came with. Gone through probably 8-10 reams of paper in that time. The starter cartridges are the smallest of the three sizes too, so when they go I’ll just buy the big ones and probably be good for a half decade or more haha!

If you’re looking for something a little cheaper, you could look into something like the HLL3210. I’m not sure which is true laser and which is LED, but usually the inexpensive ones are LED and not true laser printers. Really that only matters if you’re looking for that extra-crisp text from a laser printer. For day-to-day printing you’ll never care or notice.

I’ve been using brother laser printers for over 15 years now. Toner is very reasonably priced from them and lasts forever. Plus, no sketchy things like forced registration.