Watching a mutual ask for printer recs and receive a chorus of tired tech folk going "Just get a Brother, they're fine" and man
MAN
Like this is actually kinda fascinating honestly, Brother is now the best printer brand, the one that every Computer Person recommends, and is it because their printers are good? Their printers are fine, they print, whatever, no, it's because everybody else's printers have gotten Innovated out the wazoo, every innovation making them way worse, until it's gotten to the point where I wouldn't have one in the house even if it were free, and meanwhile Brother's have remained consistently Fine I Guess, which now makes them the best printer manufacturer simply by virtue of them opting out of the Who Can Get Crappiest Fastest race
Brother have gotten to where they are now, by NOT innovating
However, the effort to build a better printer at this point means for ever R&D dollar spent on improvement, you might get fifty cents back; it just doesn’t make sense to innovate at small levels.
However, shareholders expect profits to grow year over year, so the temptation to squeeze more money out of something without investing to create any actual value is perpetually on the CEO’s mind. That’s why we get DRM in ink and printers that self destruct after 3 years.
Blame capitalism for the horrid state of modern printers.
I had this idea for a picture using Mardi Gras beads from the pirate parade. The camera’s resolution is such that I can zoom in and see my reflection in one of the tiny beads
@jerry That alone might make upgrading from my 12 worthwhile.
I wonder if USB C will bring with it a more stable windows USB file transfer. Getting pictures off my current phone is an absolutely clusterf*ck right now. I almost bought a mac just so I could pull off images/videos, but I decided rewarding Apple for poor behavior wasn't going to bring about better behavior.
