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Microsoft is withdrawing support for older printers' drivers (www.which.co.uk)

submitted 8 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io -2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

An operating system cannot brick a piece of hardware. This seems like a PEBKAC issue honestly.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago

An operating system cannot brick a piece of hardware.

Sure it can. It may not have in this case, but there's plenty of hardware that can be bricked by an OS.

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