+0.40 Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges (www.tomshardware.com)
538 points by m463 370 days ago | 334 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.6
Summary ~lite Consumer Rights Acknowledges
Brother accused of restricting third-party printer ink cartridges via firmware updates.
EQ 0.70
SO 0.60
TD 0.50
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 6 evals
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Audit Trail 12 entries
2026-03-07 21:04 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.16) - -
2026-03-07 21:04 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.16 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Tech news site reports on Brother's firmware updates limiting third-party ink cartridges.
2026-03-07 21:02 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.06) - -
2026-03-07 21:02 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.06 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Tech news, neutral rights stance, transparent author
2026-03-07 20:57 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.06) - -
2026-03-07 20:57 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.06 (Neutral)
reasoning
Tech news, neutral rights stance, transparent author
2026-03-06 04:18 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.200 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-06 04:18 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.20 (Mild positive) +0.15
2026-03-06 04:14 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-06 04:14 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-06 04:13 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.055 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-06 04:13 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.06 (Neutral)